State legislators recommended two candidates to fill a vacant seat on the Columbus Council, but the council instead appointed someone who once successfully sued the city.
Georgia beaches beckon not only locals and tourists, but also nesting shorebirds and seabirds and migrating species beefing up for long flights to the Arctic.
As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to help them purchase clean school buses.
With some parts of the country already facing heat waves, the organization in charge of setting reliability standards for the American electric grid is warning that a scorching summer could lead to a shortage of power generation in some regions.
Israeli military operations have intensified in Rafah, Gaza, after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night hit near a camp of displaced people, starting a fire that killed at least 45 people.
The Atlanta Braves have placed outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. on the 10-day injured list after the reigning NL MVP tore his left ACL, ending his season. Acuña was hurt during the Braves' 8-1 win at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
On the Tuesday, May 28 edition of Georgia Today: Memorial Day travelers came out in force; a new data center is proposed for Fairburn, southwest of Atlanta; and a shortage of game wardens has caused a back up in issuing hunting and fishing licenses.
With the traditional summer vacation season getting underway, Georgia continues to suffer from a chronic shortage of game wardens to serve its 2 million hunters and 600,000 to 700,000 anglers.
Fifteen-year-old Ella Velez’s favorite gymnastics event is vault. The vault is quick, and she doesn’t have to think very much about what she’s doing unlike other, slower events like the balance beam. But for the past couple of years, Velez has had to be focused on regulating her blood sugar every time she performs gymnastics. But a longtime endocrinologist based in Columbus, Dr. Steven Leichter, helped Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown become one of the first medical facilities in the country to administer a new treatment designed to delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes.
Georgia environmental advocates say they hope the Biden administration’s recent decision to deny Alabama’s application for a state-run coal ash disposal will have implications for Georgia Power.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently redesigned their website.
One of Georgia’s public colleges is offering joint enrollment to students in Saint-Maarten, in what it’s calling a first-of-its-kind partnership between a U.S. college and a Caribbean school.
