With just under five weeks until the presidential election, the Harris-Walz campaign is ramping up efforts in Georgia. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Augusta this week to assess damage from Hurricane Helene, balancing storm recovery with campaign demands. The campaign is also looking into concerns over potential voting disruptions caused by the hurricane.
President Joe Biden visited South Georgia Thursday to assess storm damage from Hurricane Helene in Berrien County.
Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp will tour east Georgia Friday to survey damage, holding a joint news conference in Evans, a suburb of Augusta.
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Relief efforts continue in Georgia as power and water outages paralyze areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Augusta Wednesday, touring homes damaged by Hurricane Helene and speaking to the residents who live in them.
Air quality experts say people with asthma and respiratory illnesses are more prone to health impacts following a Sunday fire at a chemical plant in Rockdale County.
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Georgia following Hurricane Helene; a group of Atlanta attorneys is filing a class action lawsuit against the company responsible for a fire and chlorine plume; as JD Vance and Tim Walz debated policy during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, college students across Georgia held watch parties.
The pace of recovery from Hurricane Helene in Georgia is only beginning to match the human need in hard-hit communities like Valdosta and Augusta; Donald Trump visited Valdosta Monday to see the damage and talk about relief efforts; Workers at the Port of Savannah and the Port of Brunswick went on strike Tuesday morning, part of a larger walkout across the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico; and Tuesday is former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday.
Helene is moving through Georgia and has been downgraded to a tropical storm. All of Georgia remains under warnings through Friday as this storm may still have tropical storm force winds, flash flooding and tornadoes, among other hazards. Residents are advised to follow guidance for all warnings.
As Georgia braces for the impact of Hurricane Helene, emergency management agencies are working on a plan to prepare for the storm, which is expected to cross into Georgia later Thursday evening.
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its new five-year strategic plan for the Office of Rural Health earlier this month.
Students at Apalachee High School are set to return to class this morning for a half day, nearly three weeks after a gunman killed two students and two teachers at the school in Northeast Georgia.
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, a disturbance located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
A nonpartisan Black voting rights group held registration drives at three HBCUs in South Georgia last week.
Macon-Bibb County government has announced a new affordable housing development in the heart of one of the city’s most prominent historically Black neighborhoods.
Oprah Winfrey hosted an online event with Vice President Kamala Harris from Michigan Thursday. Several guests, including some from Georgia joined to discuss gun violence and access to reproductive care.
Officials in Macon-Bibb County have announced a new affordable housing development in the heart of one of the city’s most prominent historically Black neighborhoods.
The Atlanta Dream have clinched a spot in the WNBA playoffs.
