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News Articles: southwest georgia

A group of young people wearing hard hats are seen in a wood working shop.

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Albany officials push back on Job Corps shutdown

The Trump administration's decision threatens to kick about 800 people out of their jobs and an unknown number out of their homes.

June 04, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Only about a dozen people attended a March meeting about the Georgia Pathways program in Cordele, in remote Southwest Georgia. Health advocates say the poorly publicized event illustrates how weak the state’s outreach to Black and disadvantaged communities has been. Credit: Nicole Craine for ProPublica

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Firm running Georgia’s struggling Medicaid experiment was also paid millions to sell it to public

When the state of Georgia handed Deloitte Consulting a $10.7 million marketing contract last July to promote the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program, the initiative was in need of serious PR. 

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Margaret Coker ,
  • The Current ,
  • and 1 more
Irrigation wells. (Courtesy of Capitol Beat News)

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State to lift ban on new irrigation wells

The state is lifting a moratorium on drilling new irrigation wells in parts of Southwest Georgia that has been in effect for more than a decade.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Atlanta Medical Center closed in 2022, creating a hole in the city’s medical infrastructure. This year, lawmakers created an exception in state regulations that could pave the way for a new hospital near the former AMC campus.

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Bipartisan effort paves way for reviving shuttered hospitals in Georgia

“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.

August 21, 2024
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By:
  • Andy Miller and
  • Sam Whitehead
Fletcher Henderson Home

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  • Music News

Two Cuthbert residents want to save the home of a jazz legend

Two Cuthbert residents want to restore the childhood home of a legendary figure in jazz.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center

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  • Health Care

Southwest Georgia hospital could reopen with help from federal appropriations

A feasibility study underway will help decide the new model for the facility. Randolph County lost its only hospital in 2020 after decades in operation. 

April 01, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
The Rev. Charles Sherrod is shown seated in his home.

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Charles Sherrod, icon of Albany's Civil Rights movement, dies at 85

Albany Civil Rights icon Charles Sherrod is being remembered as a fearless leader who inspired generations of South Georgians.

October 12, 2022
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop and Republican Chris West are locked in a competitive race for the Second Congressional District in Southwest Georgia.

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  • Politics

In Thomasville, two congressional candidates take different tacks on inflation

Democrats and Republicans are watching Southwest Georgia, where a congressional race could help decide who controls the U.S. House.

October 06, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A field of cotton in the foreground, with a farmhouse in the background

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Georgia farmers brace for Hurricane Ian. Tropical storm winds are forecast as soon as Wednesday

The further west that Ian travels, the more damaging it would be to Georgia agriculture.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
National Guard members hand out food in a vacant grocery store parking lot in Albany a week after Hurricane Michael.

Hunger Still A Challenge A Month After Hurricane Michael

Say what you will about the Pilgrim legend, but Thanksgiving at its heart is a holiday about food. But for many people of southwest Georgia still...

November 16, 2018
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
An aerial photo of the Pine Knoll Pecan Plantation after Hurricane Michael hit.

'We Don't Know What We're Gonna Do': Georgia Farmers A Month After Hurricane Michael

Gov. Nathan Deal called a special legislative session starting Nov. 13 to discuss relief efforts for Hurricane Michael damage. Farmers in southwest...

November 16, 2018
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By:
  • Elena Rivera ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 1 more
Thousands of cotton growers in southwest and south central Georgia lost their cotton crops in Hurricane Michael.

Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black: Hurricane Michael Destroyed Farms, Lives

President Donald Trump was in Georgia Monday to survey the damage from Hurricane Michael. The storm killed at least 19 people. Michael also ravaged...

October 16, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 2 more
One year after Hurricane Irma hurt Georgia pecan orchards, Hurricane Michael downed thousands of generations-old pecan trees.

After Michael, Georgia Farmers 'Can't Walk Away,' But Struggle To Start Over

Hurricane Michael swept across south Georgia last week, devastating the state's pecan orchards, cotton plants, chicken coops and peanut crops. Federal...

October 16, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 2 more
Thousands of cotton growers in southwest and south central Georgia lost their cotton crops in Hurricane Michael.

Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black: Hurricane Michael Destroyed Farms, Lives

President Donald Trump was in Georgia Monday to survey the damage from Hurricane Michael. The storm killed at least 19 people. Michael also ravaged...

October 16, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 2 more

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