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New law guarantees fishing rights on navigable streams

County’s new 2041 comprehensive plan up for state review

Oglethorpe County’s new comprehensive plan is nearing adoption.

The county and the cities of Lexington, Arnoldsville, Crawford and Maxeys held a public hearing last Monday to inform the community of the plan itself, as well as the schedule of for adoption.

County Planner McKenzie Spooner said there were only a handful of residents who attended the meeting and watched the Board of Commissioners sign off on the final draft of Comprehensive Plan for 2041.

Time is short for Georgians to requalify for Medicaid; coverage for up to 500,000 at risk

Georgia’s hedge against climate change: the Okefenokee’s peat

Tennessee Wants to Take Land from Black Residents So a Ford Plant Can Benefit

When retired nurse Rosa Whitmore-Miller left New York City after 40 years for the peace of her hometown of Stanton, Tennessee, she never expected she’d have to fight to keep the land her family worked hard to cultivate. “It wasn’t just handed to us, like some people inherit. We had to go out there and […]

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