Rural
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Health
Rural Georgia Struggles with Health Care Accessibility
You are having a health emergency. You call 911. The nearest hospital is an hour away. You are diagnosed with cancer, but it took you months to find out because you don’t have transportation to see the one primary care physician in your county. You finally get an appointment…
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Northeast Georgia News
Georgia House Approves Funding for Internet Construction in Rural Counties
The Georgia House of Representatives approved a midyear budget that would grant rural areas, like Oglethorpe County, funding for increased internet construction. The funding includes $20 million that will be distributed to rural counties all across Georgia in an effort to resolve an issue that has become even more…
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Diversity
In Georgia, The Most Dangerous State for Pregnant Women, Policy Change Could Save Lives
Black women in Georgia are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women nationally, according to data from the CDC. Georgia, which has the second-highest maternal mortality rate in the nation, is one of the most dangerous states to be pregnant in today. According to CDC…
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In-Depth
Take a Look at Some Historic Rural Churches of Georgia in Oglethorpe County
Oglethorpe County, in northeast Georgia, is the state’s 17 county, and its 441 square miles contain seven of Georgia’s historic rural churches. Cherokee Corner Methodist Founded in 1822 by Cherokee Indians Prior to 1771, the Cherokee Indians were indebted to the government trading post in Augusta, and were forced to cede…