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South and Southwest Georgia Experience Highest Infant Mortality Rates, Report Finds

South and Southwest Georgia Experience Highest Infant Mortality Rates, Report Finds Infant mortality rates vary sharply across Georgia, with the highest death rates concentrated in rural and southern regions, according to the 2025 State of the State Report from the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia (HMHBGA). HMHBGA mapping shows that Georgia’s Southwest (Albany), West Central (Columbus) and South Central (Dublin) public health districts recorded the highest infant mortality […]

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Environmental Concerns Rise as Georgia Data Centers Multiply

Environmental Concerns Rise as Georgia Data Centers Multiply As Georgia becomes one of the nation’s fastest-growing data center hubs, communities and environmental groups warn of mounting risks to water supplies, wildlife habitat and the electric grid. In rural Twiggs County, residents are fighting a proposed data center complex they say could overwhelm limited water resources and reshape the local landscape. Nancy Lubeck told Georgia News Connection that county leaders have […]

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Georgia PSC rejects delay request, outgoing commissioners will rule on Georgia Power expansion

Georgia PSC rejects delay request, outgoing commissioners will rule on Georgia Power expansion The current members of the Public Service Commission decided Friday that they would not delay their decision on a historic request from Georgia Power.  The Sierra Club and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy filed a motion on Wednesday, Nov. 12, to delay the hearing until the newly elected commissioners could take their seats. However, the PSC […]

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Korean Engineers Plan Lawsuit After ICE Raid

Korean Engineers Plan Lawsuit After ICE Raid Almost 200 South Korean engineers detained in a Georgia EV battery plant raid plan to sue U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying their arrests were unlawful and fueled by racial discrimination and human rights abuses. Engineers with valid visas claim they still don’t know why they were detained. ABC News says federal officials described the Thursday, Sept. 4 raid at the Hyundai-LG Energy […]

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Government Shutdown Delays Helene Relief, Georgia Farmers in Limbo

Government Shutdown Delays Helene Relief, Georgia Farmers in Limbo A year after Hurricane Helene tore through Georgia, farmers and timberland owners are still waiting for the federal relief they were promised. The government shutdown has stalled the process. In late September, Gov. Brian Kemp and Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a $531 million block grant for farmers, ranchers and timber producers impacted by […]

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‘We need volunteers’: Salvation Army prepares for its annual Red Kettle Campaign

'We need volunteers': Salvation Army prepares for its annual Red Kettle Campaign The Salvation Army will kick off its annual Red Kettle Campaign on Saturday, Nov. 15, with volunteers ringing their bells outside of store fronts across the country. Captain Chris Powell, a corps officer for the Albany Salvation Army corps, told WALB what they need for the holiday season. “The biggest thing we need now is volunteers to help […]

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