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The Columbia County Community and Emergency Services Committee met on Tuesday, July 22. Staff photo by Stephanie Hill

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Columbia County committees to meet Tuesday

The Columbia County Public Works and Engineering Services and Community and Emergency Services committees will meet on Tuesday. 

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Lawmakers face conflicting calls to loosen, tighten regulation of hemp and marijuana

Doctors gave Jennifer Conforti’s little girl powerful drugs to help her live with profound autism.

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Augusta to resume talk of SPLOST 9 projects

Augusta Commission members are back to refining a list of projects for SPLOST 9, the city’s next Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Referendum.

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Harley Drew remembered for expertise, love of radio

A voice and mind that shaped Augusta radio for decades has moved on. Harley Drew, who was 82, died Thursday.

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Tax relief package clears Georgia House

The Georgia House of Representatives unanimously passed an election-year tax relief package Thursday.

Locals request Augusta’s Weed School be replaced with community building

The Augusta Housing and Community Development listened as members of the Sand Hills community expressed their concern for the future...

Boggs: Georgia court system still suffering staff shortages

Backlogs of pending court cases that built up during the pandemic are on the decline, Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs...

Georgia House adopts midyear budget loaded with new spending

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State House budget writers OK $37.5B midyear spending plan

The Georgia House Appropriations Committee approved Gov. Brian Kemp’s $37.5 billion fiscal 2024 midyear budget Tuesday.

Republican candidate Nikki Haley holds campaign meet and greet in Aiken

Former South Carolina Governor and Republican president candidate Nikki Haley stops in Aiken for a meet and greet.

Augusta Planning Commission votes down a proposed Rollins area boarding home

Residents of the Rollins area neighborhood came out to oppose petitions for a rezoning and a special exception to establish...

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