Mining project near Okefenokee on hold as applicant struggles financially
ATLANTA - The Alabama-based company planning to open a titanium mine adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp has not submitted $2.1 million in financial assurances required to get a permit from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD). Georgia law requires...
Georgia solar panel manufacturer launching recycling center
ATLANTA - Leading solar panel manufacturer Qcells is expanding its footprint in Cartersville by building a recycling center, the South Korean company announced Monday. Qcells is forming a new company called EcoRecycle by Qcells to recycle up to 500,000 panels...
Georgia GOP delegates go home, keeping their chairman despite grievances ahead of a big election year
DALTON - By the time nearly 1,700 Republican delegates were driving away from their annual state convention, a vigorous storm had descended on Dalton, rocking cars, dislodging a glass door at the convention center entry and tearing a flag off one of the poles outside....
Football coach Derek Dooley considers run for U.S. Senate in Georgia
ATLANTA - Another football celebrity with ties to the University of Georgia could be headed for the state's political big leagues, as former University of Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley weighs a run for U.S. Senate. The son of legendary Bulldogs coach Vince Dooley...
John King, who aims to unseat Ossoff, among speakers at start of Georgia GOP convention
DALTON -- John King, a Georgia Republican who hopes for the opportunity to try to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff next year, predicted that it will be the highest priority election in the nation. King, Georgia's insurance and safety fire commissioner, was among...
Three-state dogfighting ring participants going to jail
ATLANTA - The 14 defendants convicted in a large-scale federal dogfighting case in Albany have been sentenced to a total of more than 28 years in prison. Defendants from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama were arrested following a large-scale dogfighting event that took...
Kemp traveling to Canada for trade conference
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp will lead a three-day trade mission to Canada next week amid an atmosphere of uncertainty prompted by a series of tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on the United States' northern neighbor. Kemp, joined by Georgia First Lady Marty...
Candidates, including incumbent, line up to lead Georgia schools
ATLANTA - Georgia's top elected school official announced plans to seek another four years in office Thursday, as others sign up to compete for the office against him. If Richard Woods wins re-election to a fourth term next year, he will be sworn in in January 2027 to...