Unless you’re living under a rock, you have probably heard the buzz around the new Threads platform, the Instagram Threads app which Mark Zuckerberg created to rival Elon Musk’s Twitter. Threads is part of Meta, which also owns Facebook and…
EV Batteries: Auto parts maker NVH Korea is opening a facility in Locust Grove. The $72 million investment will create more than 160 jobs in Henry County. The facility will produce battery system parts for electric vehicles made in the…
New State GOP Chair: Former State Sen. Josh McKoon bested two other candidates to become chair of Georgian’s Republican Party, succeeding David Shafer, who led the party for a tumultuous four years. McKoon defeated Rebecca Yardley, chair of the Ninth District GOP,…
Bar Cocherell was downsizing for a move across the country, but she faced a unique challenge: finding a home for Goose, her miniature donkey. Fortunately, a new nonprofit sanctuary, Healing Herds, had just opened in Dahlonega. …
Best Places to Live: U.S. News & World Report ranked 150 of the most popular metro areas to live in the U.S., and Savannah (No. 37) and Atlanta (No. 64) both made the list. To be included, the areas had…
Ahmaud Arbery – “Maud” to his friends – liked to jog to clear his head. But when the 25-year-old was murdered in a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Glynn County in 2020, Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, channeled her…
New Budget Surprises: The $32.4 billion state budget for the 2024 fiscal year, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, “invests in public safety, education, healthcare, workforce development and much more,” according to a press release from his office. But the budget he…
When the Carter Center announced that former first lady Rosalynn Carter had been diagnosed with dementia, a sense of melancholy filled the air. Countless people have heard similar news about…
Liberty Auto: Auto parts manufacturer Seohan Auto Georgia is investing more than $72 million into a facility in Liberty County, creating 180 new jobs. The new facility, which will begin production in late 2024, will make H/shafts, axles and brake…
The Northeast Georgia History Center works to make the past come alive with interactive, family-friendly exhibits and programming. “We don’t just throw out a bunch of dry names and dates,” says interim executive director Libba Beaucham. “We use the ‘living…
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