Today is day one of two days of new faculty orientation at the University of Georgia. UGA is ramping up for the August 16 first day of fall semester classes.
The Georgia DOT says a bridge connecting Jackson and Barrow counties has reopened. Crews have replaced the Highway 82 bridge over the Middle Oconee River, a bridge that was originally built in the 1960s. The DOT says the bridge, even as it reopens, is still an active construction zone, with the finishing touches expected to be completed by the first of October.
The DOT says the completion of work on the US Highway 129 bridge between Royston and Hartwell has been pushed back to the end of the month. It’s the bridge over Beaver Dam Creek in Hart County. A detour on Georgia Highway 17 through Elbert County remains in place.
She says she will be a 2026 candidate for US Senate, running for the seat now held by Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff: Reagan Box will speak at this evening’s meeting of the Banks County Republican Party. It’s a 6 o’clock session at City Hall in Homer.
A 58 year-old man from Rabun Gap is killed in a crash on US 441 in Rabun County. The Georgia State Patrol says the vehicle driven by Francis Hanrahan crossed a center line and side-swiped a tractor trailer rig. Hanrahan died; there were minor injuries for the driver of the truck
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