Developers are set to start construction on a new convention hotel for Jekyll Island after long delays that largely resulted from difficulties getting a bank loan for the $41 million project. Members of the state park's governing board were scheduled attend a ground-breaking ceremony Monday for the 200-room Westin hotel.
A food processing and distribution company is planning to expand a plant in western Georgia and looks to create 750 new jobs. Gov. Nathan Deal Thursday announced Koch Foods is planning to expand its plant in Hamilton — about 25 miles northeast of...
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The Federal Aviation Administration has announced dates it plans to cut funding to 149 contract air traffic control towers — including five in Georgia.
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A Georgia pawnshop owner is angry about a cable company's decision not to run his advertising if it shows firearms. United Loan and Firearms owner Ray Reynolds says his most recent commercial -- a spoof of the History Channel reality show Pawn...
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We’re in the thick of March Madness this week, which means office brackets, sneaking a look at games through the day, and reportedly, millions of dollars of lost productivity. So is all this basketball fever a problem? Our resident expert Brandon...
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The Savannah Film Office said Thursday it worked with a record number of film projects in 2012 that brought more than $12 million in direct spending to the city. The projects ranged from TV ads to feature films.
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The Savannah City Council is saying "no" to a proposal to allow double-decker tour buses in the city's downtown historic district, upholding a 17-year-old ordinance that has banned the buses.
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Effingham County near Savannah could be getting a new film studio. Medient Studios has received approval from local officials to begin building a new $90 million movie production facility next to I-16. Film and Television professor Michael Chaney...
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Coca-Cola says it's cutting 750 jobs in the U.S. as it continues to streamline its business. The world's biggest beverage maker says the jobs cuts will be across the board and that affected individuals will be notified in coming weeks.
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The Food and Drug Administration says a Georgia compounding pharmacy that distributed a drug linked to eye infections is now recalling all of its injectable medicines following a federal inspection. Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy issued...
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Economic development officials near Georgia's coast are expected to reveal details of plans for a movie studio in the area. Effingham County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Rick Lott said the project involves a "large movie studio....
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