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News Articles: Bainbridge

A long-tailed macaque kept for use in clinical research sits in a cage, May 23, 2020, in Saraburi Province, north of Bangkok. Some residents and an animal rights group on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, protested plans to build a $400 million facility in the southwest Georgia town of Bainbridge to breed long-tailed macaques for medical research.

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Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest

Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Opponents are urging the Bainbridge City Council to block plans by a company called Safer Human Medicine.

January 18, 2024
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Anovion, maker of graphite for electric batteries, plans $800 million factory in southwest Georgia

A supplier of graphite for electric batteries says it will invest $800 million to build a factory in southwest Georgia, hiring 400 workers. Anovion Tecnologies, based in Chicago, said it would make synthetic graphite anode in Bainbridge.

May 15, 2023
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 Republican candidates for Georgia's Second House District Jeremy Hunt, left, and Chris West.

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Republicans for 2nd Congressional District spar over who is the most Georgian

The two Republicans vying to replace Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District sparred over which was the true conservative or even a real Georgian in their debate Monday. 

June 06, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Libraries in southern Georgia are finding a way to meet community needs without fully reopening, but are struggling to provide uninterrupted access for all.

Libraries In Rural Georgia Are Still Meeting Community Needs During COVID-19

As businesses in Georgia reopen with strict guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19, libraries around the state are still closed to the public....

May 27, 2020
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  • Jade Abdul-Malik
Pre-kindergarten teacher Jessica Beard walks past storm damage at Potter Street Elementary.

Teachers Start To Pick Up The Pieces After Hurricane Michael

Laura Hutchins was greeted by shattered glass and a tree in the middle of her classroom when she returned to Potter Street Elementary School where she...

October 18, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell
Tina Owens talks to her neighbor Sandra Thornton outside her camper in the weeks after Hurricane Michael.

Bainbridge Residents Say Community Is The Key to Rebuild

A shingled-roof, white gazebo sits in the square in downtown Bainbridge. Roslyn Palmer has spent a lot of time there. She’s been on the city council for...

November 16, 2018
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  • Ross Terrell
A tree rests on a home and car in Bainbridge as a result of Hurricane Michael.

South Georgians Share Stories Of Fear As Michael Moved Through State

South Georgia residents are recounting the fear of having to ride out Hurricane Michael as the powerful storm made its way across the state. Nicole...

October 11, 2018
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  • Cindy Hill

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