The Current: In-Depth Journalism for Coastal Georgia
WEB4 days ago · Today’s top stories from KFF Health News. KFF Health News is a nonprofit national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Keep reading. From how they sweat to how they breathe, young people process high temperatures differently than adults. Recent studies also show heat’s effects on …
Brunswick residents living next to a Superfund site worry about …
WEBMay 3, 2021 · In 1984, the U.S. EPA designated Terry Creek as one of the state’s four Superfund sites. The Department of Justice has ruled that Hercules is responsible for its cleanup. But almost 40 years later, the site remains closed to the public because of lingering contamination.
The record: Sapelo Island, Hog Hammock District - The Current
WEBSep 16, 2023 · It will be updated as The Current publishes new information. This is a view of Hogg Hummock, located on the 10.5 long Sapelo Island off the Georgia coast. Credit: Maggie Lee/The current. Hogg Hummock, the final intact Gullah Geechee community on the Atlantic Coast, sits on Sapelo Island in McIntosh County. The small community of descendants of ...
TS Debby: Bryan County updates - The Current
WEBAug 4, 2024 · Fort McAllister State Park says the campground will be closed as of noon Monday, Aug. 5 and no reservations will be available Monday night in anticipation of Tropical Storm Debby. All campers must leave by noon Monday. Monitor the park website for updates. The park’s main number is 912-727-2339.
‘It seemed like our lives didn’t matter.’ - The Current
WEBNov 30, 2021 · More than two months later, cellphone video was released showing how Arbery was chased by three white men before being shot. Hundreds of people in Glynn County took to the streets in outrage. “We needed answers. We needed accountability. We grew up here, but it seemed like our lives didn’t matter,” Henderson says.
Liberty County property owners will pay higher taxes
WEBNov 18, 2023 · In Hinesville, the city council approved a 15.97% property tax increase based on 10.15 mils, down from 10.3 mils. A homeowner whose house has a fair market value of $100,000 would pay about $55.92 in property tax. Non-homestead property with a fair market value of $150,000 would be taxed at about $83.88.
Robin Kemp joins The Current as accountability reporter
WEBSep 5, 2023 · The Current, Georgia’s only nonprofit investigative news organization, has hired Robin Kemp as an accountability reporter for Liberty County as the newsroom builds on its mission to fill the vacuum of local, data-driven news in Coastal Georgia.. Robin comes to The Current as an acclaimed Georgia-based …
An update: All the lawsuits challenging Georgia’s new voting law
WEBMay 22, 2021 · LinkedIn. The fight over Georgia’s sweeping 98-page voting law has moved from the legislature to the courts, as a number of civil rights and voting rights groups have filed lawsuits challenging various parts of the omnibus as unconstitutional and in violation of the Voting Rights Act. This story also appeared in Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Thousands of Georgians enroll for coverage as exchange reopens
WEBMar 8, 2021 · More than 16,000 Georgians signed up for coverage on the state’s insurance exchange during the first two weeks of a special enrollment period ordered by President Biden. This story also appeared in Georgia Health News. That’s the third-highest total of any state, behind Florida and Texas, among the 36 states that let the federal government ...
Republication, rights & sharing - The Current
WEBThe Current reserves the right to prohibit republication of any or all of its content on a case-by-case, story-by-story and/or organization and/or company basis. Any media organization, website, blogger or other content creator or sharer that either cannot or refuses to follow the The Current’s content-sharing guidelines will be prohibited ...