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News Articles: Bryan County

Night outside the Bryan County polling location where votes were tabulated on Nov 5 Credit: The Current/ Gillian Goodman

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He joined his local election board because he was concerned about fraud. He found none

For Keith Spitznogle on Bryan County’s election board, the voting issues he initially feared failed to materialize.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Gillian Goodman and
  • The Current
The water tower at the Hyundai Metaplant holds 2 million gallons. Credit: HMGMA

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  • News

Georgia issues water permits for Hyundai plant

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division on Monday issued final water withdrawal permits to Bulloch and Bryan counties to withdraw a total of 6.65 million gallons of water a day from four wells in the Floridan aquifer in Bulloch County.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Construction of the Hyundai Metaplant, on March 20, 2024, in Bryan County, GA. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • Business

OSHA investigating one Hyundai affiliate in Georgia

The federal agency has no record of four of at least 20 workplace injuries at the Savannah-area EV manufacturing plant.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Amira McKee
The 2025 model Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric SUV is seen Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, after being unveiled at an auto dealership in Savannah, Ga.

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  • News

Hyundai unveils 2025 electric SUVs aiming for broader appeal with improved range, charging options

Hyundai is aiming to broaden the appeal of its Ioniq 5 electric SUVs with 2025 models boasting improved battery range and additional charging options. The South Korean automaker unveiled the new EVs on Tuesday in Savannah, Georgia, a few miles from Hyundai's huge new factory that will begin producing the vehicles before the year's end.

September 03, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Richmond Hill resident Kristina Fredericks addresses the Richmond Hill City Council on Aug. 20, 2024, about flooding damage to her home and yard after Tropical Storm Debby.

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  • Politics

‘We are scared and we feel abandoned’: Richmond Hill residents criticize city's response to Debby

Longstanding drainage problems have been neglected by the city, according to several residents.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Construction of the Hyundai Metaplant, on March 20, 2024, in Bryan County, GA. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

Worker injuries mount as giant Hyundai project nears completion

Documents reveal at least 20 traumatic injuries at sprawling site — and fewer OSHA inspections.

August 20, 2024
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By:
  • Amira McKee
Bryan County resident Christy Mingledorff and her two children had to evacuate their house, seen at right, in the Morgan's Bridge neighborhood after it flooded on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.

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  • Weather

‘Everybody there lost everything’: Ogeechee River communities in Georgia reeling from Debby flooding

The Ogeechee crested above 10 feet along the border between Chatham and Bryan Counties on Sunday, setting a new record.

August 13, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Construction of the Hyundai Metaplant in Bryan Co., GA. July 3, 2024 Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

As workers train, Hyundai Metaplant salary picture takes shape

Early in the morning a lifelong Savannahnian and a military veteran commute 50 minutes in a 15-year-old SUV from Savannah to the Hyundai Metaplant, the $7.56 billion electric vehicle factory rising from amid the pine forests of rural Bryan County. 

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Amira McKee
A 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5, photographed in downtown Savannah.

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  • Business

Hyundai reveals which EV model will be first off assembly line at Georgia factory in Bryan County

Bryan County's $7.6 billion Metaplant is expected to begin production of the vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2024.

June 18, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A factory building is under construction at Hyundai's first U.S. plant for manufacturing electric vehicles on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Ellabell, Ga. A private utility is asking Georgia lawmakers to change a state law so it can provide water service to new homes near Hyundai's upcoming electric vehicle plant without getting permission from local governments. A state Senate committee in Atlanta voted Tuesday, March 12, 2024, to advance the proposal a week after it passed the House.

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  • News

Private utility wants to bypass Georgia county to connect water to new homes near Hyundai plant

A private utility is asking Georgia lawmakers to change a state law so it can provide water service to new homes near Hyundai's upcoming electric vehicle plant without getting permission from local governments.

March 13, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
Architectural rendering of C&H Precision's future development in Richmond Hill

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  • Business

Southeast Georgia-based gun parts company to expand, adding to Bryan County's economic development

C&H Precision expects to add about 70 new jobs.

March 05, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Renderings of the winning design for the water tower at the future Hyundai electric vehicle factory in Bryan County

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  • Art & Design

Water tower at future Hyundai electric vehicle factory to feature design made by SCAD students

Six teams competed at the college's business solutions studio.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Hyundai company logo hangs over a long row of cars at a car dealership in Centennial, Colo., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with the automaker to build a $5.5 billion electric car plant near Savannah, Ga. An economic development agency representing four Savannah-area counties approved its portions of the agreement Tuesday, July 19, 2022, including an economic incentives package.

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  • News

Hyundai and LG will invest an additional $2B into making batteries at Georgia electric vehicle plant

Hyundai and LG Energy Solution are spending an additional $2 billion and hiring an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker's sprawling U.S. electrical vehicle plant that is under construction in Georgia.

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Associated Press
Map

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  • News

5 things: Hyundai development

What’s in the promises and the plans.

July 05, 2023
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By:
  • Maggie Lee
A cellphone on table with woman's hands

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  • News

COVID's over, but county jails still profit from virtual communication

Coastal Georgia sheriffs collected over a million dollars last year on phone call, video chat and text messaging fees.

April 18, 2023
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By:
  • Jake Shore
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