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Michael Sorenson launches his kayak down the Chattahoochee river as traffic spans Interstate 285 in Atlanta, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.

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GPB morning headlines for May 1, 2024

The two democratic candidates for Chatham County District Attorney, including the incumbent, took to the stage this week in Savannah for a voters' forum, ahead of the primary election on May 21st.

A portion of the Chattahoochee River south of Atlanta remains unsafe for recreation, more than a month after a surge in e-coli bacteria.

Atlanta law enforcement officers are working together to assemble kits that will help children deal with potentially traumatic situations.

May 01, 2024
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Michael Sorenson launches his kayak down the Chattahoochee river as traffic spans Interstate 285 in Atlanta, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.

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GPB evening headlines for April 30, 2024

A portion of the Chattahoochee River south of Atlanta remains unsafe for recreation, months after a surge in e-coli bacteria.

A Savannah activist is criticizing the Tybee Island Police Department for its handling of this year's Orange Crush festival.

A Gwinnett County resident is suing the county's board of elections to stop the referendum to form the City of Mulberry.

April 30, 2024
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Savannah activist and volunteer Jaydon Grant, right, poses for a photo with Fight Dirty Tybee organizer Tim Arnold during a beach cleanup on Tybee Island after this year's Orange Crush gathering.

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‘Orange Crush is not going away’: Activist says more Tybee Island policing won't end festival

With a heavier police presence than in 2023, the Tybee Island Police Department made more arrests at this year's Orange Crush gathering.

April 30, 2024
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Mercer University researchers are studying how to turn food waste into renewable energy

A Mercer professor and students are studying how to take food waste, like coffee grounds, and turn it into a liquid bio-crude.

Sarah Bauer, assistant professor at Mercer, says that liquid bio-crude could then be refined into a gasoline that, for example, a car could run on.

April 30, 2024
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  • Devon Zwald
Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. The electric utility said on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 that its second new reactor has begun splitting atoms.

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GPB morning headlines for April 30, 2024

A Savannah activist is criticizing the Tybee Island Police Department for its handling of this year's Orange Crush spring break festival.

The second of two nuclear powered units at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle is now sending billable energy to the grid making the site the single largest non-carbon producing source of electricity in the country.

April 30, 2024
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Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. The electric utility said on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 that its second new reactor has begun splitting atoms.

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GPB evening headlines for April 29, 2024

The second of two new nuclear reactors at Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle is now sending billable energy to the electricity grid.

As early voting gets underway for Georgia's primary, candidates in a closely-watched West Georgia Congressional race debate.

Authorities arrested about a dozen people at the University of Georgia today as campus protests over the war in Gaza continue.

 

April 29, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for April 29, 2024

Early voting gets underway Monday for Georgia's May 21st primary.

In one of the election's most closely watched races, five Republicans faced each other in a televised debate Sunday.

A research project at Mercer University is exploring ways to turn food waste into renewable energy. 

April 29, 2024
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Students continue to maintain a protest encampment in support of Palestinians on the Columbia University campus, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 24, 2024, REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

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GPB evening headlines for April 26, 2024

Jewish students at colleges around Atlanta are responding to protests on their campuses over the war in Gaza.

Georgia Southern University is responding to student concerns after LGBTQ web pages and signs were removed.

Metro Atlanta is getting $1.5 million to help make the region's transportation infrastructure more resilient to climate change.

April 26, 2024
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While a crew of watermelon pickers in Pitts, Ga. eats their lunch under the shade of a pecan tree while their crew leaders watch from the air conditioned cab of a tractor, background.

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In preparation for rising temperatures, health care providers access new tools to monitor heat risks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Weather Service are pushing out tools released this week to help limit heat-related injuries.

April 26, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a protester on the campus of Emory University during an pro-Palestinian demonstration Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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GPB Morning Headlines for April 26, 2024

Police broke up an encampment protesting the war in Gaza at Atlanta's Emory University Thursday morning. The university said that 28 people were arrested, including 20 members of the university community.

Black mayors from around the country are gathering in Atlanta this week. The African-American Mayor's Association is set to discuss key policy issues and two major anniversaries.

As manatees and sea turtles make their springtime appearances in Georgia waters, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is asking boaters to be cautious.

April 26, 2024
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Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

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GPB evening headlines for April 25, 2024

Student protests broke out on college campuses across metro Atlanta in opposition to the war in Gaza today.

A grand jury in Metro Atlanta's Gwinnett County has indicted a man accused of killing a Georgia state trooper.

Black mayors from around the country are gathering in Atlanta this week and plan to honor Maynard Jackson.

April 25, 2024
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Ninth-grader Katie Bolton of Screven County simulates bag-valve-mask ventilation on a medical mannequin at Mercer University School of Medicine's Savannah campus, as instructor Joe Slattery guides her through the technique.

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‘Georgia needs you’: Amid doctor shortage, Savannah med school workshop aims to inspire rural teens

Mercer University School of Medicine is hoping to boost recruitment of rural Georgians, whose hometowns often lack access to primary care providers.

April 25, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Two people are shown shaking hands inside a building with an American flag and signs saying "Steven Henry Chairman."

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Federal judge blocks local GOP effort to remove candidates

A case over ballot access in Catoosa County could have statewide implications and is moving through the courts. But a judge won't decide it right now.

April 25, 2024
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

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GPB Morning Headlines for April 25, 2024

As election season heats up, a Georgia group has launched “Educators for Biden-Harris,” a new campaign initiative. 

A couple dozen high schoolers from rural counties in southeast Georgia are getting a glimpse into the demanding world of med school. Mercer University's School of Medicine held a workshop for aspiring doctors at its Savannah campus this week, as the institution tries to help fix Georgia's physician shortage.

Last year was the hottest on record and climate scientists say temperatures this year could top that. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Weather Service are pushing out tools released this week to help health care providers on the frontlines limit heat-related injuries. 

April 25, 2024
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Two people are shown shaking hands inside a building with an American flag and signs saying "Steven Henry Chairman."

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GPB evening headlines for April 24, 2024

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Cattoosa County Republican Party to remove four candidates from the primary ballot.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Weather Service are releasing new tools to help limit heat-related injuries.

Governor Brian Kemp is signing bills into law at a rapid pace as a May 7th deadline approaches for him to either sign or veto bills.

April 24, 2024
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