Dozens of faith leaders, including Christian ministers, rabbis and imams, added their name to a letter opposing a proposed mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp.
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Dozens of faith leaders, including Christian ministers, rabbis and imams, added their name to a letter opposing a proposed mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp.

Credit: Photo courtesy Georgia River Network

A federal agency has dealt a major setback to a proposed titanium oxide mine near Georgia's protected Okefenokee Swamp.

Democrats and voting rights groups are criticizing a gas giveaway organized by an outside group campaigning for Republican US Senate candidate Herschel Walker.

The board that oversees the popular state-owned park on Jekyll Island is considering a series of fee increases.