Georgia’s new commissioner of agriculture, Gary Black, took office in January, succeeding Democrat Tommy Irvin, who held the office for a record-breaking 40-plus years. Black, a Republican, is a farmer from Commerce who headed the Georgia Agribusiness Council for 21…
Neal Florence estimates about 150 people a day come by the Medi-Thrift Pharmacy he and wife Carolyn operate in LaFayette, a fast growing community in the Georgia suburbs of Chattanooga. Florence says he never knows if his customers are in…
Like Dorothy, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, who emerge from the woods to find the Emerald City, people who need medical care in Southwest Georgia are often surprised to see the gem that is Albany’s Phoebe Putney Health…
There’s a little game you can play if you pay attention to John Stumbo for any length of time – how often can he fit the phrase, “Fort Valley, USA” into the conversation? Chances are that you’ll lose count, but…
The largest construction project in the history of Georgia is under way near Augusta. The estimated cost of bringing two next-generation nuclear power generators online at Plant Vogtle is $14 billion. Site construction employment is expected to peak at 3,500…
The sun preceded humans by four billion years, give or take an eon, and in another billion years it will consume us, if we don’t kill ourselves first or we somehow avoid being dispatched by plague, meteors, aliens or some…
Andrei Bersatti is having trouble finding the words, and it’s not because English is his second language. It’s one of the aftershocks from the explosion in his brain. He’s also having a difficult time making decisions and thinking quickly. …
The Georgia Cities Foundation’s 2011 Heart and Soul Tour began on about the same route taken by Union General William T. Sherman when he led his troops out of Atlanta in 1864 on a historic slash-and-burn march to Savannah. …
Thirty years ago, a key decision put Georgia Southern College, as it was then known, on a remarkable growth trajectory. Against vocal opposition from faculty and students, then-president Dale Lick managed to drum up support for reviving the institution’s football…
Back in the day, Atlanta coined an upbeat slogan, proudly calling itself “The City Too Busy To Hate.” Of course there were detractors and cynics, but I always loved the particularly Atlanta-like blend of optimism, pragmatism and resolve. And…
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