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Just like every afternoon, Jackie Gonzalez stepped outside to check on the recycling bins located at the front of the Barnett Shoals Publix, where she works. Just like every other time, the bins were full.   “A lot of customers come by, not usually for shopping but just to leave their…

It was such a joy to talk to such an experienced journalist who still has faith in the industry’s success. That’s what Mizell Stewart brought to this week’s episode. He has worked in local news for 30+ years and now works as a news executive for the USA Today Network…

Students in Northeast Georgia are graduating at higher rates than other areas in Georgia. Of the 10 local high schools, nine of the schools students graduated at higher rates than the Georgia average. Overall high school graduation rates increased in 2019 for Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison and Oconee counties. Oconee…

(Video/Operation Lifesaver) With 11 dead and more than three dozen injured from train collisions last year in Georgia, Operation Lifesaver is determined to make a dent in those figures. Operation Lifesaver is a nonprofit education and awareness organization dedicated to reducing collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail crossings. From Sept.…

Gov. Brian Kemp announced that 59 communities throughout the state of Georgia would receive Community Development Block Grants totaling $41 million in federal assistance. The city of Hoschton, located in Jackson County, was granted $600,000 during that announcement on Aug. 30 in order to address sewer improvements in the Panther…

When University of Georgia students returned this fall for another semester in Athens, they discovered that their beloved coffee hub, Jittery Joe’s Coffee, had decided to board the nationwide movement to end plastic straw sales in an effort to become more environmentally friendly. “One morning I arrived for my shift,”…