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Betty Smith, 84, left, got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive thru event in Cochran recently. "I felt proud," Smith said when asked how the shot felt. "I hope it helps."

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  • Health

How To Start Talking With The 'Vaccine Hesitant'

You may be ready for the coronavirus vaccine. You may know someone who decidedly is not ready. How do you begin a meaningful conversation about that?

February 04, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
A sign at the Bleckley County Health Department on the first day of Phase 1a Plus vaccine access.

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  • Health

A Shift In Who Gets What Among Steps To Speed Georgia COVID-19 Vaccine Access

The pursuit of a COVID-19 vaccine in Georgia — amid busy phone lines, patchy supplies from county to county and private providers hesitant to schedule crucial second doses — remains a logistical challenge even for the most truly patient.

That might change some with tens of thousands more doses due to circulate in the general population as well as with a coming one-stop website to get connected to vaccinations from public health.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Plant Vogtle

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  • Energy

COVID-19 Is Delaying Project Milestones At Plant Vogtle

Georgia Power is putting off some of this year’s milestones in the construction schedule for the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 12, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Lauren "Bubba" McDonald

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  • Politics

McDonald reelected to Georgia Public Service Commission

Veteran Georgia Public Service Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald withstood a challenge from Democrat Daniel Blackman Tuesday, winning reelection to a six-year term.

January 06, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Tony King is among the postal carriers and delivery workers who have racked up untold over time during this holiday season.

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  • Economy

Macon Neighbors Declare A Holiday For Beloved, Essential Mail Carrier

Add “Tony King Day” to the list of celebrations this holiday season. 

That’s the holiday declared around the mail route Tony King works daily in Macon’s Ingleside neighborhood. In observance, it looked like about a dozen neighbors cheering a somewhat surprised mail carrier on his daily rounds.

December 21, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
A nurse holds a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Health

Augusta University Set To Vaccinate Employees Next Week If Pzifer Wins FDA Approval

Augusta University Health System is making plans distribution plans for two COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the FDA’s approval for emergency use authorization. A panel will consider Pfizer's vaccine on Thursday. If approved, distribution will begin next week.

December 10, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Flags at Fort Benning

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  • News

Congress Set To Strip Confederate Names From Military Bases, Including Two In Georgia

Congress this week is expected to pass a massive defense policy bill that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto because it would remove the names of Confederate generals from military bases across the South, including Fort Benning near Columbus and Fort Gordon near Augusta.

December 08, 2020
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  • Ariana Figueroa
14 auditors split into seven teams of two began the manual recount of around 71,000 presidential ballots in Macon, Ga., Friday, part of the recount of about 5 million votes cast statewide that must end by midnight on Wednesday, November 18.

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  • Elections

Inside Georgia's 5 Million Presidential Ballot Recount

The manual audit of the almost 5 million votes cast in Georgia in the presidential election is almost over, and it looks like not much will change in the vote totals. The audit comes as some Republicans question the integrity of the outcome — without evidence. What was the audit like? GPB’s Grant Blankenship and Stephen Fowler bring us inside the process.

November 17, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship and
  • Stephen Fowler
Augusta National Golf Course

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  • Sports

Honorary Starters, Then Rain, As 1st Fall Masters Begins

Officials left the Augusta National Golf Course after play was suspended during the first round of the Masters golf due to rain.

November 12, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff speaks to the media as he rallies supporters for a run-off against Republican candidate Sen. David Perdue, as they meet in Grant Park, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Ossoff: Potential Senate Runoff With Perdue Is About 'Human Decency'

Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Georgia Jon Ossoff appeared in public Friday for the first time since Election Day to lay the groundwork for his likely runoff against Republican Sen. David Perdue.  

November 06, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Eurie Lee Martin's sister Helen Gilbert, center, flanked by attorneys Francys Johnson, left, and Muwali Davis, right, during a press conference about the Georgia Supreme Court opinion on the immunity from prosecution granted to the former sheriff's deputies who killed Martin in 2017.

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  • Law

'This story deserves attention': Family Of Black Man Killed By Police In 2017 Speaks

The Georgia Supreme Court says that a Superior Court judge was wrong in applying the state’s "stand your ground" law when he granted criminal immunity to three former Washington County sheriff’s deputies who tasered Eurie Martin to death in 2017.  

November 02, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Money Magazine named Evans, GA the "Best Place to Live in America" in their most recent issue.

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  • News

Evans, Ga., Is Named Money Magazine's 'Best Place To Live In America' — What Does That Mean?

Money Magazine's "Best Place to Live in America" technically isn't even a city or a town. The honor went to Evans — an unincorporated part of Columbia County in western Georgia near Augusta. 

September 30, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
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Advocates Ask Lawmakers To End 'Archaic' Citizen's Arrest Law

Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law drew withering criticism Monday from civil rights advocates who called for a House legislative committee to push for a...

July 14, 2020
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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Despite The Pandemic, Atlanta United Returns To The Pitch

Atlanta United is the first professional sports team from Georgia to return to play during the coronavirus pandemic. Major League Soccer suspended play...

July 11, 2020
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Jon Nelson
Testing performed by a private lab in a church parking lot in Macon.

How To Get A Coronavirus Test In Georgia

UPDATE: Augusta University is no longer offering coronavirus testing outside of the Augusta area. Gov. Brian Kemp has said that any Georgian, regardless...

July 10, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
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