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.
The one in eight Georgians who rely on the government for food may have to wait for weeks to get their spending allotment on the cards they use to buy groceries.
Retired Army sergeant major Lonnie Wimberly cruised to victory Tuesday in the District 4 Augusta Commission special election.
Southeastern Georgia has landed another supplier for the state’s fast-growing electric mobility industry.
Augusta government data has been hacked, but the unidentified infiltrators have made no ransom demand, Mayor Garnett Johnson said Friday.
Columbia County Board of Commissioners will discuss the proposed increase to the water and sewer rates at an upcoming meeting.
The Public Works and Engineering Services Committee will discuss water utility rates during its meeting Tuesday morning.
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