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Diners place a takeout order inside a Macon Waffle Hosue on the first day restaurants were open to dine-in customers again during the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 Data From Georgia’s Health Department Could Be ‘Misleading,’ Experts Say

Public health and data experts have raised concerns about the clarity of some COVID-19 data published by the Georgia Department of Public Health less...

May 05, 2020
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  • Nick Wooten/The Macon Telegraph
Sandhill cranes roosting knee deep in a middle Georgia winter pond.

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A Great Migration On View In Georgia Farmland

When Ben Thompson was a kid, he was like a lot of other kids in that he liked watching the nature shows on public television. “ And they would show...

April 29, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Piles of unharvestable pecans on Pine Knoll Plantation near Albany after Hurricane Michael in 2018.

Hurricanes And Tariffs Hit Georgia Pecans

The end of the year outlook for Georgia’s main nut crop is mixed. And you can blame both the weather and Chinese tariffs. Southwest Georgia pecan...

April 29, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A health care worker commutes to work in Macon on Wednesday, April 15.

Macon-Bibb County Likely Weeks Away From Coronavirus Peak

As parts of the country prepare to resume more normal operations, Macon-Bibb County has not seen the worst of COVID-19. “We expect our surge to be some...

April 20, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
A health care worker commutes to work in Macon on Wednesday, April 15.

In Easing Lockdown, Albany Mayor Hopes Kemp Defers To Mayors

President Trump’s plan to relax coronavirus safeguards defers to governors to decide they are ready to start. In turn, the mayor at the center of the...

April 17, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The Harpers, left, and the Lewises, right, sing Palm Sunday hymns together on the Lewis's Macon porch.

3 Faiths, 3 Holidays, 1 Virus

Spring is an important time of year for three of the world’s major religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. And this spring, the contours of Passover...

April 10, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • Jade Abdul-Malik ,
  • and 2 more
A COVID-19 patient is released to cheers from staff at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany last week.

Signs Of Hope In Georgia's COVID-19 Hotspot

There are signs that healthcare workers in the COVID-19 hotspot in southwest Georgia are playing from a stronger hand than the one they were dealt at...

April 06, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Signs in the windows of the Pretoria Fields Brewery in Albany aimed at reassuring residents coping with coronavirus. The brewery recently began making hand sanitizer.

How Albany Emerged As A Global COVID-19 Hotspot

Dr. LaMont Smith still has a lot of friends at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. It’s one of the places he practiced critical medical care...

April 02, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Only essential visitors are allowed inside Medical Center, Navicent Health, where staff is bracing for a surge of COVID-19 cases.

Macon Hospital Leaders Say They're Ready For COVID-19 Surge

As the surge of COVID-19 patients is expected to peak in about three weeks, the team at Medical Center, Navicent Health, is battling an unprecedented...

April 01, 2020
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  • Liz Fabian/Center for Collaborative Journalism
Leslie Owens sews together protective mask covers outof surgical linen in her Albany home.

In COVID-19 Hotspot, Handmade Masks Help Stretch Medical Supplies

Leslie Owens will tell you: sewing is not really her thing. “Full disclosure, I really haven't touched a sewing machine since Home EC in seventh grade,”...

March 25, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The entrance to the immigration court at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga.

Amid Coronavirus, A Call To Suspend Immigration Court

A coalition of immigration attorneys, judges and employees of Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE, are asking that the nation’s immigration...

March 17, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

COVID-19 Cases Emerging In Southwest Georgia

Cases of COVID-19 are now emerging in Southwest Georgia, far from the state epicenter of the outbreak in metro Atlanta. Officials at Phoebe Putney...

March 16, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia schools are suspending year end, high stakes tests in the face of coronavirus.

Georgia Schools Suspend Standardized Tests In Face Of Coronavirus

Georgia schools are suspending standardized, end-of-the-year testing in the face of the coronavirus threat. The suspension not only affects the...

March 16, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Macon Cherry Blossom Festival Board Chair Alex Habersham announces the cancellation of the festival Friday.

Spring Festivals In Georgia Towns Sidelined By Coronavirus

The social distancing advice around coronavirus that has stopped March Madness and closed theaters in the nation’s biggest cities has filtered down to...

March 13, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia Power's Plant Scherer

Some Georgia Coal Ash Efforts Survive Legislative Midpoint

Several bills relating to the regulation of coal ash in Georgia made it through crossover day in the Georgia legislature and may still become law. But...

March 13, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
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