Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 25, 2025
Nov. 25, 2025 Albany Herald
Georgia’s cotton fields are vanishing: Farmers warn industry is under threat
Lucille Lannigan reports that from early September until late November, south Georgia’s landscape is blanketed in fluffy, white cotton. Tufts blow across fields and frame highways. Tiny bagged stalks with puffy blooms appear in roadside shops for tourists to “ooh and ahh” over.
Nov. 25, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching up with…Peggy Whitlow-Ratcliffe
Rachel Wallenstein reports, Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe is the founder and executive director of Live Thrive, an Atlanta nonprofit launched in 2010 to promote healthy, sustainable environmental practices. It operates the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials, known as CHaRM.
Nov. 25, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Pat Epps, pioneering force in aviation, dies at 91
Rebecca McCarthy reports that Pat Epps was ahead of his time when it came to running Epps Aviation. He took power naps long before researchers noted the benefits. He practiced hands-on management, walking around DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, talking face-to-face with his many employees and customers.
Nov. 25, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times
Grant can help homeowners affected by 2023-2024 storms
Staff reports that the City of Valdosta Neighborhood Development team is pleased to announce that the application process for the Georgia Home Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program is now officially open. This program, part of the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery initiative, offers assistance to homeowners whose properties were damaged by the severe storms of 2023-2024.
Nov. 25, 2025 WABE
In a town with no hotels, volunteer groups house people visiting detained immigrants
Emily Wu Pearson reports that very weekend, volunteers from around Georgia drive to a historic house in what’s left of Lumpkin, a shrinking town two and a half hours southwest of Atlanta. They run a hospitality house called El Refugio, the refuge, where people visiting immigrants detained nearby at Stewart Detention Center can stay.
Nov. 25, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Aimee Copeland Foundation
Candice Dyer reports that Aimee Copeland was zip lining in 2012 when she fell and cut her leg on a rock. The injury resulted in a diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis – a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
Nov. 25, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Public comment sought on Orrs Ferry plan
Staff reports that the National Park Service invites the public to comment on a site management plan for the Orrs Ferry unit of Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area through Dec. 21. The plan lays the groundwork for long-term facility improvements at the recreation area that will enhance visitor experiences and protect the area’s natural and cultural resources.
Nov. 25, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Collard Festival dishes out winning recipes
Mo Burge reports, the annual Collard Festival crowned a new champion, symbolizing that the eponymous vegetable can be just as diverse as the people who have made it a Southern staple. The Nov. 22 festival featured the leafy green in recipes with a wide array of flavors, textures and ingredients and taking the top prize this year was the Korean Presbyterian Church.
Nov. 25, 2025 GPB
Days after federal shutdown’s end, statewide assistance program for power bills still faces delays
Sofi Gratas reports that a federal program that helps people pay to heat their homes is still missing funds from delays caused by the federal government shutdown that ended Nov. 12. Money for LIHEAP, or the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, is funneled through the Georgia Department of Human Services, or DHS, to local Community Action Agencies across the state.
Nov. 25, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Greene’s resignation and special election timeline could leave seat empty for months
Rachel Hartdegen reports that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation Friday has left her Northwest Georgia district wondering what’s next. The answer: Nothing until her official resignation in January.
Nov. 25, 2025 Georgia Recorder
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation could lead to ‘dominos falling’ under Gold Dome
Ross Williams reports that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s abrupt announcement that she plans to resign from office early next year is likely to send ripples through Georgia’s political landscape. Once she officially leaves office on Jan. 5, it will be up to Gov. Brian Kemp to set a date for a special election to replace her.
Nov. 25, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit hints at growing GOP discontent in Congress
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, is U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sudden resignation the start of a trend? She might be the most prominent MAGA loyalist to break with President Donald Trump, but she may not be the last.
