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The City of Albany requests citizens’ cooperation in ensuring that all trucks and trailers operated by all companies, subcontractors, suppliers and haulers have loads properly secured and covered before traveling on city streets and other public roadways.

More than 1,100 Albany State University students, faculty, staff, and community members took part in the university’s fifth annual WellFest that transformed the Jones Brothers HPER Complex on ASU’s East Campus into an interactive hub for health, wellness and community engagement.

Originally on a career track to become an attorney, Maya Henry has taken a different path, one bringing the New Jersey native to southwest Georgia. She became the new Curator of African Collections and African Diasporic Art at the Albany Museum of Art on Oct. 13.

The Dougherty County Commission voted down a proposal to remove invasive vegetation along Cromartie Beach on Monday, with commissioners also unanimously approving a curfew measure.

They came from all over the city — witches, princesses, Ninja warriors, Cats in Hats, axe-wielding demons, skeletons, policemen, Ninja Turtles, Spider-men, demon fearleaders, all kinds of super heroes and one spot-on, dead-letter-perfect miniature Erkle clone.

The weeks of ads on television and social media, cleaning campaign flyers out of the mailbox, text messages and occasional phone calls pushing political candidates will mercifully come to an end soon.

The City of Albany requests citizens’ cooperation in ensuring that all trucks and trailers operated by all companies, subcontractors, suppliers and haulers have loads properly secured and covered before traveling on city streets and other public roadways.

Sims said the achievement is indicative of Phoebe Putney Health System’s commitment to bringing top quality health care to the region.

Do we have more reasons to be anxious than previous generations? The onset of artificial intelligence gives us pause, given all the warnings. But some see AI not as the cause of anxiety, but their personal solution for it.

Another day, another serious complaint against the Georgia Department of Corrections. The most recent stems from Harris v. Georgia, which alleges the department failed to “provide incarcerated deaf and hard of hearing people with equally effective communication access to programs, services and activities, including medical care, telecommunications and prison programs.”

Before I let the rest of the world know, I wanted to share with you first the news that it looks like I won’t be governor of the state of Georgia after all. My write-in campaign ran out of time.

More than 1,100 Albany State University students, faculty, staff, and community members took part in the university’s fifth annual WellFest that transformed the Jones Brothers HPER Complex on ASU’s East Campus into an interactive hub for health, wellness and community engagement.

Georgia voters will be charged with deciding the fate of three constitutional amendments on this year’s ballot.  They include measures to shore up funding for the future of 911 systems, an increase on the amount of agricultural and timber property that can be classified for conservation use, and changes to how probate judges are elected across the state.

Georgia’s 2026 general election could be one of the most impactful in the country, so residents need to be sure they understand how to register to vote and where to find their polling place. 

If you want to vote in Georgia’s Nov. 3 general election, there are three essential steps: register by Oct. 5, check your registration, and decide how you want to vote.

Georgia’s Nov. 3 general election is closer than it feels, and the voter registration deadline is Oct. 5. Here’s who is eligible to vote, how to get on the voting rolls, what to bring to the polls and where barriers exist to vote in Georgia.

Georgia voters will elect their next governor in the  Nov. 3 midterm. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) will run against Jackson Healthcare founder Rick Jackson (R).