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Moving to Columbus, Georgia, means more than getting a new address: New residents generally have 30 days to obtain a Geo...
Oct. 22, 2026
Columbus residents can swim indoors year-round at the Columbus Aquatics Center, where admission starts at $2 for childre...
Oct. 22, 2026
Columbus, Georgia, residents can recycle paper, flattened cardboard, metal cans and accepted plastic containers through...
Oct. 22, 2026
Columbus, Georgia, has 11 facilities listed in its Parks and Recreation Department's recreation center directory, includ...
Oct. 22, 2026
Columbus, Georgia, residents can have fallen leaves, grass clippings, pine needles and other approved yard debris collec...
Oct. 22, 2026
Columbus, Ga., will see sunset move from 6:50 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, to 5:49 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, when daylight saving...
Oct. 21, 2026
Georgia anglers will have five specially managed trout streams to fish beginning November 1, when the state’s delayed ha...
Oct. 20, 2026
Some Columbus businesses have been around longer than the automobiles, shopping centers and neighborhoods that now surro...
Oct. 17, 2026
Columbus is making a major investment in sports tourism with plans for a new multimillion-dollar pickleball complex that...
Oct. 15, 2026
Emergency responders and transportation professionals from across Georgia gathered in Columbus October 4–7 for a statewi...
Oct. 11, 2026
Columbus, Georgia, has turned a stretch of river once dominated by industrial dams into one of the region’s most recogni...
Oct. 10, 2026
Monday, Oct. 12, is Columbus Day, a federal and state holiday. Many offices in Columbus will be closed, trash pickup is...
Oct. 9, 2026
Every week, families from across the country come to Columbus to watch their soldiers graduate at Fort Benning. If you'r...
Oct. 9, 2026
Georgia drivers will have more time to benefit from temporary tax relief at the gas pump after Gov. Brian Kemp extended...
Oct. 8, 2026
Five years ago, Columbus had the deadliest year in its history. In 2021, police counted 66 murders, and 70 people died b...
Oct. 8, 2026
Ask anyone who grew up in Columbus, and they'll tell you about a place that isn't there anymore: where they bought their...
Oct. 8, 2026
The worst place to drive in Columbus isn't an intersection at all. It's the spot where I-185 meets Macon Road, where pol...
Oct. 8, 2026
One of the South's biggest holiday light shows is just up the road from Columbus. Fantasy In Lights returns to Callaway...
Oct. 6, 2026
Columbus has no shortage of old buildings with new life, from restored homes in the historic districts to former mills t...
Oct. 6, 2026
The blues, a Baseball Hall of Famer, a pioneering combat pilot and one of the most famous portraits in America all trace...
Oct. 5, 2026
Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11, and with Fort Benning next door, few places in America have more veterans and milita...
Oct. 5, 2026
Marching bands, floats and the royal courts of Fort Valley State University and Albany State University will fill the st...
Oct. 3, 2026
You don't have to drive to the North Georgia mountains to see beautiful fall color. Some of the best leaf watching in th...
Oct. 3, 2026
Columbus's restaurant scene has been busy in 2026, with a new steakhouse, a breakfast spot built like a science lab, a b...
Oct. 3, 2026
Fall is here, and there's plenty happening around Columbus this weekend, from big-name concerts and comedy to free famil...
Oct. 2, 2026
Prices for groceries, rent and utilities keep climbing, and many Columbus families are stretching every dollar. The good...
Oct. 2, 2026
The SAG-AFTRA actor and voice artist, a double-leg amputee, says real representation means disabled performers should be...
Oct. 2, 2026
The 36th annual Fountain City Classic brings one of Georgia's oldest HBCU rivalries back to Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 7...
Oct. 2, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Columbus City Council voted unanimously during its Sept. 29 work session to extend a 9 p.m. curfew for a...
Sept. 30, 2026
Columbus is one step closer to a new stretch of the Dragonfly Trails along River Road. The city is taking bids from cont...
Sept. 28, 2026
A raccoon found near Old 19 South and Lowery Road in Schley County tested positive for rabies at the state laboratory on...
Sept. 26, 2026
Cooler fall weather is great fishing weather, and one of Georgia's public fishing areas is about an hour from Columbus....
Sept. 25, 2026
A raccoon found near Mt. Hebron Road and Harvest Road in Randolph County tested positive for rabies at the state laborat...
Sept. 24, 2026
Columbus residents can learn more about a proposal to add roundabouts to two local bridges at a public open house next m...
Sept. 21, 2026