On January 30th, nearly 15,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled into the Flint River, prompting Governor Brian Kemp to issue a State of Emergency for nearby counties due to contaminated drinking water and ...
While millions pass over it without realizing, Georgia’s most beautiful rivers run through the state, quietly beneath the surface. According to a recent Southern Living feature, the Flint River is one ...
MACON COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: The body found in the Flint River has been identified as Skyler Black, a missing 21-year-old man, according to Macon County Coroner Eddie Hosley. Black was reported missing ...
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - It’s a scary reality, 10 people drown every day in the U.S. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In South Georgia, the dangers of drowning ...
ATLANTA — Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his crops. “I'd be out of business,” said Cox, who farms ...
© 2024 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. For the first time in more than a decade, Georgia environmental regulators will consider new water ...
When Marshall Stamps paddled his kayak past multiple “No Fishing” signs on Georgia’s Flint River last month, he was surprised. The Flint is a public river, after all, and Stamps had put in at a ...
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Merck is asking a Georgia court to dismiss a lawsuit tied to the former Albany pharmaceutical plant. The original complaint, filed Oct. 7, 2025, by Beasley Allen Law Firm on ...