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Hurricane Helene rocked the Southeast in late September, bringing devastation to parts of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and more. The storm, a Category 4 at its peak, arrived in Georgia on Friday night and affected almost every part of the state. Gov. Brian Kemp has called the damage left by the storm “unprecedented.” Georgia cities […]

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One year after organizers delivered 116,000 signatures to city hall in an effort to get the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, widely known as “Cop City,” onto a ballot referendum for voters to make their voices heard, the community dissent over the project took center stage at a city council meeting on Monday.  “Stop Cop […]

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It can be hard to sort out what’s news in the middle of a dumpster fire.

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The Tunnel to Towers Foundation  broke ground on a residential facility for homeless veterans in Mableton, Ga., at a former hotel that will soon be home to nearly 100 veterans during a May 17 ceremony. Just yards away from the looming Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia theme park sits the shuttered Wingate by Wyndham […]

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