ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr is sharing important tips to help Georgians shop safely and avoid scams this holiday season. “With so many Georgians buying gifts, making donations, …
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11/22/22
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It was announced Friday that Paxton Media Group, owner of the Chatsworht Times, will acquire six North Carolina newspapers: the Lexington Dispatch, the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, the Burlington …
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11/21/22
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MACON – Georgia Farm Bureau members will gather on Jekyll Island Dec. 4-6 for the organization’s 85th annual convention. This year marks the 58th time GFB has held its convention on …
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11/20/22
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ATLANTA - The Port of Savannah experienced its second busiest month on record in October, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Monday. The port handled 552,800 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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11/17/22
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) announces the appointment of Torrance Ford to its Board of Directors. Ford has served as the vice president of Talent Management at Shaw Industries Group …
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11/17/22
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Investors talk a lot about the financial freedom that comes from having investment property. We glamorize going on trips, not having a J.O.B. and feeling like we are more in control of our future …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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11/17/22
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DALTON – Shaw Industries Group Inc. has been awarded the 2022 St. Jude Organizational Support Award, which recognizes a partner who has found innovative ways to support the lifesaving mission …
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11/11/22
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Murray County Commissioner Greg Hogan has committed to spending $4 million to extend sewer lines from Eton to north of the Appalachian Regional Port at Crandall. Hogan estimated sewer lines would be …
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By Jimmy Espy, Editor
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11/7/22
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ATLANTA - In late September, Georgia Power executives explained during several days of hearings before the state Public Service Commission (PSC) why the Atlanta-based utility needs a nearly 12% rate …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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11/6/22
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Termites are a tiny, little creature that have the ability to elicit a huge amount of fear when it comes to buying a house. And the reason for that is that they do a tremendous amount of damage over …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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11/4/22
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ABINGDON, VA – Food City is preparing to kick-off their fifth annual Friends & Pets in Need Holiday Food Drive. “Hunger is a serious problem throughout our region, especially during …
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11/4/22
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ABINGDON, VA – Food City is once again participating in WRCB Channel 3’s Share Your Christmas food drive campaign to benefit the Chattanooga Area Food Bank. The Chattanooga Times Free …
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11/4/22
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ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp extended the temporary suspension of the state sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels Friday, citing a looming diesel fuel shortage. Kemp signed two executive orders, …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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11/4/22
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I’ve recently written to you about how things are changing in the real estate market — in particular, about how days on market have increased to what we have seen in the past. Well, we …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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10/29/22
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First National Community Bank (FNCB) announced on Friday the launch of several innovative new Treasury Management Services to its Business Banking suite. Of note, the Bank’s Positive Pay …
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10/22/22
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I sometimes hear people talking about real estate investors in a poor way. They will refer to us as vultures circling around. (I guess they see us as waiting for people’s homes to die so we can …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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10/20/22
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ATLANTA - The Port of Savannah experienced a strong first quarter of the fiscal year.But there were signs toward the end of the quarter of a slowdown in demand, the Georgia Ports Authority reported …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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10/13/22
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Eli Falls has resigned as president and CEO of the Murray County Chamber of Commerce and the Murray County Industrial Authority. Falls has accepted a postion with a civil engineering firm in Atlanta. …
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By Jimmy Espy, Editor
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10/10/22
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ATLANTA - Georgia will need to invest $103.7 million in air cargo improvements to meet the industry’s future needs, not including investments at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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10/7/22
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ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr is advising consumers who are buying used cars to be wary of vehicles that might have suffered flood damage as a result of Hurricane Ian. “With …
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10/6/22
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