Rosario Hernandez is a gardener with the Westside Growers Market and working with the EPA to spread the word about toxic soil in Westside Atlanta.
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Rosario Hernandez (left, in green) is the head of the Westside Growers Market and working with the EPA to spread the word about toxic soil in Westside Atlanta.

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State health officials are investigating a suspected case of mpox at Georgia’s Hancock State Prison.

Georgia’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month to 3.4 percent, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday.

The Environmental Protection Agency has reached a halfway point in removing toxic soil from a superfund site in Atlanta’s Westside neighborhoods.