The Augusta Commission held its first and only public hearing Tuesday on the 2026 budget, which currently includes a two-mill tax increase and across-the-board cuts to services and outside groups.
Food insecurity took center stage at Tuesday’s Augusta Commission meeting, where Golden Harvest Food Bank leaders described the local fallout from the federal cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, known as SNAP.
Columbia County announced the death of a fire recruit on Wednesday, Nov. 5.
Local business leaders, dignitaries and artists celebrated Augusta as a “feel good city,” Wednesday evening, as Destination Augusta hosted its annual State of Tourism event at the Marriott Convention Center.
Another former Richmond County deputy has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a jail detainee.
The Richmond County Board of Education voted to sell another school and heard detail about standardized test gains Tuesday.
Augusta University opened their Peach Belt Conference play with an Education Day Game, a sports experience for local fifth graders.
Georgia energy regulators have signed off on a 3.5% rate increase for customers of Georgia Power.
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