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COLUMBUS, Ga. - Democrats won both Georgia Public Service Commission seats on the Nov. 3 ballot, giving them a 3-2 majority on the five-member panel that regulates Georgia Power. Incumbent Peter Hubbard won a full six-ye...
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COLUMBUS, Ga. - The National Infantry Museum will hold its annual Veterans Day commemoration on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with...
Nov. 10, 2026
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - The Russell County school board has adopted a plan to find its next superintendent, setting in motio...
Nov. 10, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Columbus City Council holds its regular meeting today, Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 9 a.m. in Council Chambe...
Nov. 10, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus Fire & EMS takes requests for a smoke alarm through an online survey on the city's website, and...
Nov. 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - People cross the Chattahoochee River every day between Columbus, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama, and...
Nov. 9, 2026
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Integrea, the nonprofit mental health provider for four East Alabama counties, is moving toward cons...
Nov. 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - State Rep. Carolyn Hugley, D-Columbus, the House minority leader, is in line to become the first Black w...
Nov. 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - A "shark-tank style" pitch competition for local entrepreneurs is set for Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, at the...
Nov. 9, 2026
PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - F.D. Roosevelt State Park covers 10,874 acres in Harris County, making it Georgia's largest state p...
Nov. 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Georgia's 2026-27 duck season opens Saturday, Nov. 21, and hunters under 16 and eligible veterans and ac...
Nov. 9, 2026
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Republican Tommy Tuberville won Alabama's governor's race on Nov. 3, defeating Democrat Doug Jones 8...
Nov. 9, 2026
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Public Health announced Nov. 3 that it is raising the price of a five-year medical c...
Nov. 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - The city of Columbus will rename the Boxwood Recreation Center in honor of the late Councilor Jerry "Pop...
Nov. 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Downstream from Columbus, the Chattahoochee River is stopped by one of the biggest structures on the Geo...
Nov. 8, 2026
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...
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COLUMBUS, Ga. - Democrats won both Georgia Public Service Commission seats on the Nov. 3 ballot, giv...
COLUMBUS, Ga. - State Rep. Carolyn Hugley, D-Columbus, the House minority leader, is in line to beco...
PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Republican Tommy Tuberville won Alabama's governor's race on Nov. 3, defeating D...
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...
