The lawsuit ran in tandem with a referendum effort that already overturned the controversial zoning.

"Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961-Now" is the first major retrospective of art inspired by the remote barrier island just south of Savannah.

A Coastal Georgia district attorney and a Superior Court judge said Monday they were doubtful that enough evidence exists to move forward with a malice murder charge against a 31-year-old Camden County mother arrested earlier this month for an alleged illegal abortion, paving the way for a possible reduction or dismissal of charges.

A buoy off the coast of Tybee Island listening for the calls of endangered right whales heard a few for the first time late last month.

The company remains committed to buying the $35 million abandoned industrial property, which is situated close to public schools and homes.

The national seashore was established in 1972. Visitor access and other issues have been hot topics for island managers and advocates ever since.

Black landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves are fighting their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box. Voters in coastal McIntosh County were deciding a referendum Tuesday that seeks to override county commissioner's 2023 decision to double the size of homes allowed in Sapelo Island's tiny Hogg Hummock community.

The expansion of a water treatment plant in Southeast Georgia is part of a $500 million appropriation from state lawmakers in 2025.

‘It’s about the treatment and governance of Gullah Geechee people and communities throughout the state of Georgia.’

Tasked with charting out water management practices to meet future needs, the Coastal Georgia Regional Water Planning Council met in early December to begin taking these and other new realities into account in its planning.

Real estate experts say that parties are attempting to raise money to buy land and build a memorial to enslaved ancestors. It’s the latest in a long line of efforts to restore dignity to the people sold at auction, and build upon Savannah’s reputation as a fulcrum of Black history in America.

North Atlantic right whales have been detected throughout the East Coast, including near Savannah, Ga., and the first mother/calf pair was spotted over the past weekend.

United States Geological Survey data indicates a 2-foot increase in Savannah area following the paper mill's shutdown

Georgia just wrapped up its first summer oyster harvest season. Traditionally, oyster harvesting was limited to cooler months, with the season closing from May 1 to Sept. 30, when bacteria harmful to humans, like Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, are most active. New regulations passed by the Georgia Board of Natural Resources’ Coastal Resources Division now permit closed-season harvesting under strict conditions. 

In an episode that reflects the increased reliance of the Savannah River estuary on the mechanical injection of oxygen, Savannah last week reported a major sewage spill in the harbor.