Jun 29, 2018 | News, News/PR
State officials say foreign invasive plants are continuing to take over Georgia’s forests and grasslands. One of them, Asian privet, now infests more than a million acres in the state, The Athens Banner-Herald reported. That’s according to recently released Georgia...
Mar 23, 2018 | News, News/PR
Attracting new corporate headquarters to Georgia draws lots of attention — deservedly so. Announcements of business expansions are similarly celebrated, again as they should be. And the idea of creating manufacturing jobs in America is seemingly today’s holy grail. So...
Jun 7, 2017 | News, News/PR
An Athens company was one of dozens that directly benefited from the state’s forestry industry in 2016, officials announced recently. Triad Packaging Co. announced it would hire seven employees as part of a $1.456 million expansion of its Durham Drive...
Aug 31, 2015 | Editor's Blog
Written By: DK Knight Haley Hill, 23, died at Athens Regional Medical Center in Georgia after being removed from life support systems last week, Oglethorpe County Sheriff Mike Smith said Thursday (August 27). She had been hospitalized since Monday, after she was...
Feb 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
On a cold February morning in Athens, dozens of volunteers handed out hundreds of trees. The group, Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful, hopes to help with the rebuilding process from the April 27, 2011 tornadoes. Boxes of trees from the Alabama Forestry Commission will...