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State plans mental health crisis center
State plans mental health crisis center
Expected to open in 2025, project considered “milestone” By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Georgia’s mental health agency has broken...
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Film industry generates $4.1 billionin Georgia’s fiscal year ’23
Film industry generates $4.1 billionin Georgia’s fiscal year ’23
By Dave Williams,Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – The film industry spent $4.1 billion in Georgia during the last fiscal year, Gov....
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COVID-19 rising but well below pandemic levels
COVID-19 rising but well below pandemic levels
By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in Georgia are rising but remain well below levels seen during the...
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Buy property for parks
Back when Rob Jones was a sole commissioner, more than a decade ago, the county paid consultants to look at parks here and they unequivocally...
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What the numbers say aboutPickens County
With talk of parks and needs for the county as a whole, we thought it might be an opportune time to refresh everyone...
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From the Ark to dinosaurs to Adult World: Reflections on a family trip
By Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer areinhardt@pickensprogress.com We’d made it through the queue and onto one of the caravan of buses that took guests to...
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Supply chain delays library construction start

Supply chain delays library construction start

By Staff Writer on November 2, 2021

Grab & Go location provides limited library services during interim By Angela Reinhardt Staff Writer areinhardt@pickensprogress.com Renovations and expansion at the Pickens County Library…

Court ruling upholds Georgia Power plans for coal ash

Court ruling upholds Georgia Power plans for coal ash

By Staff Writer on October 29, 2021

By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – The Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision allowing Georgia Power…

World Series economic impact expected to be in the millions

World Series economic impact expected to be in the millions

By Staff Writer on October 28, 2021

By Tim Darnell, Staff Writer Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Cobb County can expect an economic windfall of at least $5 million each night…