Candidates seeking to represent Southwest Georgia called for greater investment in health care, education and infrastructure during an Oct. 1 forum, but differed over data centers, economic development and how to work across party lines.
Dougherty County commissioners unanimously approved a 198-foot cell tower behind a church on Gillionville Road, with no one speaking for or against it at the public hearing.
Nearly 1 of every 5 dollars of property value in Dougherty County pays no property tax at all. With new assessment notices hitting hard after Dougherty's first full revaluation since 2007, and many residents are facing sharply higher values, the question of who carries the tax base is no longer abstract.
McCracken’s path to service began even before his military career. Growing up in western New York, he spent two years in Civil Air Patrol before enlisting in the Air Force at 17 in September 1955.
From a national blood donation award to state recognition for schools and teachers, the Dougherty County School System is celebrating achievements in community service and education.
Curtis Jackson knows he needs his car. But after a section of Walnut Street collapsed beneath his vehicle Friday, trapping him inside and sending him to the hospital, his first concern is getting himself well.
The City of Dawson canceled its Sept. 24 budget hearing, citing an unfinished countywide property reassessment, as its one-month temporary spending authorization approaches expiration Sept. 30. The postponement leaves the city without an adopted budget for the fiscal year that began Sept. 1 and needing further council action to authorize continued spending in October.
Several Albany food businesses have shut their doors this year. Kim, 41, is going the other way. His Kim's Kitchen & Noodle Bar, at 717 N. Westover Blvd., is expanding into the space Milkster left empty next door, and Kim is aiming to open it Oct. 10.
The contract requires payments even if the hospital closes; officials say county can afford estimated $2 million annually without raising tax rate.
The authority approved resolutions moving the process forward. Final construction costs, interest rates and repayment terms remain unsettled. The larger portion of the borrowing depends on a federal guarantee that has not yet been approved, and the entire plan must still be validated in court.
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