Politics
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Republican Tommy Tuberville won Alabama's governor's race on Nov. 3, defeating Democrat Doug Jones 872,445 votes to 803,468 in the Associated Press count reported by WTVM. The totals work out to about...
By Mark G · Nov. 9, 2026
New: Print Edition
Read this week's Columbus Times newspaper
Sunday, Nov. 1 - Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026 · 8 pages
Read the paper
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:30 PM
LAUNCHCON Pitch Competition
CSU Cunningham Center
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:00 PM
Elegance and Entertainment
Columbus Convention and Trade Center
Sat, Nov 14 · 12:00 AM
Anthony Hamilton + Leela James
Columbus Civic Center
Sun, Nov 15 · 12:00 AM
Mobile Food Pantry
Central Activity Center
Sat, Nov 21 · 11:00 AM
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Mon, Nov 23 · 6:30 AM
Fall Break Camp
Tillis Recreation Center
Property tax calculatorEstimate a Columbus bill with or without the homestead exemption.
Jobs and moneyLocal job boards, unemployment numbers and pay.
Restaurant inspection scoresLook up any Columbus restaurant's latest health inspection.
En españolResúmenes en español de historias de Columbus Times.
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Documents obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution show that Audi's planned plant in Middle Georgia...
Nov. 8, 2026
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Just west of the Chattahoochee River in Russell County, Alabama, sits one of the area's earliest mil...
Nov. 8, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - High school football playoff calendars on both sides of the Chattahoochee are now set, and they run on d...
Nov. 8, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission posted three household safety actions on Oct. 29, 2026, that...
Nov. 8, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Georgia's Yellow Dot program is a free, voluntary system that gives first responders life-saving medical...
Nov. 8, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Peachtree Mall, the enclosed shopping center on Manchester Expressway, opened on Aug. 5, 1975, which mak...
Nov. 8, 2026
AUBURN, Ala. - Two longtime restaurants in Auburn, Alabama, closed within a day of each other at the start of November....
Nov. 8, 2026
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - The Phenix City Council accepted a $2,395,000 low bid to build additions and renovations at the Muni...
Nov. 8, 2026
SEALE, Ala. - Russell County will hold its Veterans Day parade and ceremony at the Russell County Veterans Memorial in S...
Nov. 8, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - November has three meteor showers on the calendar, and none of them needs a telescope, a ticket or a dri...
Nov. 7, 2026
OPELIKA, Ala. - A federal jury in Opelika convicted a Smiths Station man on Oct. 29 of distributing 50 grams or more of...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began federal drought operations on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flin...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus residents who need a certified birth or death certificate can get one the same day at the Musco...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Georgia has confirmed 25 measles cases in 2026, two and a half times the 10 cases recorded in all of 202...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Muscogee County pays jurors $25 a day, and the Jury Manager's Office summons about 13,000 residents a ye...
Nov. 7, 2026
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Two school property tax renewals that voters rejected in May were ahead in unofficial returns from T...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - A jury was seated Monday, Nov. 2, for the first murder trial at the new John D. Allen Judicial Center, t...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth takes the RiverCenter stage Friday night, the Fountain City Classic fill...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Two of the biggest college football draws for Chattahoochee Valley fans are set for Saturday, Nov. 7, wi...
Nov. 7, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus State University has received a $461,000 state grant to address Georgia's nursing shortage, and...
Nov. 6, 2026Loading more stories…
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Republican Tommy Tuberville won Alabama's governor's race on Nov. 3, defeating D...
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Two school property tax renewals that voters rejected in May were ahead in unoff...
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Georgia allows a candidate to request a recount when the margin is 0.5% or less, and...
Hispanic Heritage Month runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, and there's still time to celebrate the Latin...
Columbus and Phenix City residents came together Saturday morning for the 5th annual Tri-City Latino...
