Our understanding is that data center developments look like an easy fix for the problems that face rural America, but this is a Faustian deal at best. You can see the effects in communities across ...

I’ve never been a fan of soccer. One of the reasons is that I grew up playing the sports that most of us will end up watching from the couch. Football and basketball, for example. Another reason I’ve ...

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From property taxes to development, Lee County’s current debates were anticipated two decades ago. If the county identified these challenges years in advance, why are so many of them confronting ...

ALBANY — Just a few years after disappearing from the local sports scene, the Albany Area YMCA Stingrays are making a successful return. Less than a year after Ricktavious “Coach Ricky” Anderson took ...

The city of Albany’s fireworks display will kick off at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. The day’s festivities at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds will begin with gates opening at 3 p.m. and entertainment starting at ...

ALBANY — When the first basketball bounces across the hardwood floor inside Westover High School’s new gymnasium this fall, it will signal much more than the opening of a new building. It will mark ...

Tracy Cruel speaks to Dougherty County Commissioners about Brie’s Gift, the nonprofit organization she started to honor her daughter, Brielle “Brie” Cruel, who died of leukemia in 2023. Staff Photo: ...

I’m not going to unfairly paint an entire local industry with a tainted brush, but with a very few exceptions, the recent experiences Tara and I have had are similar to many others’ … or at least ...

Robbie Ray allowed just one run over a season-high-tying eight innings, Luis Arraez scored one run and drove in another and the San Francisco Giants completed a series win over the visiting Atlanta ...

Updates provided during recent meetings of the Lee County Board of Commissioners show projects are underway or scheduled to begin on several county roads, while additional transportation improvements ...

ALBANY – The list of complaints about data centers is a lengthy one. They include those related to quality of life, like excessive sound and lighting at facilities, as well as those that could impact ...