WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL ECONOMIES AND PRESERVE FARM AND RANCH TRADITIONS
Tweet Special to the Journal ATHENS, GA, – State Conservationist James E. Tillman Sr., of the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced today that financial assistance of $4.5 million was approved under the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) to help sustain breeding populations of the gopher tortoise and golden-winged warbler through the Working Lands For [...]
Read More →Rebuttal Commentary on the State of the Union
Tweet Editors note: This is long, but as the State of the Union is a long speech, and Jim Layne has taken it and rebutted on each of President Obama’s point, you can imagine how long this is. Consider yourself warned on that front. Let me begin with the disclaimer that this is an opinion [...]
Read More →Dougherty Couty Jail List
Tweet Alford, Joshua Denzell , 2/8/2013, DUI (1ST OFFENSE DRUGS), IMPROPER TURN; PROPER SIGNAL REQUIRED, POSSESSION OF MARIJ (1 OZ 1ST OFFENSE) Askew, Jennifer Danielle , 2/8/2013, FAILURE TO APPEAR – Banks, Naheem Sharriff , 2/11/2013, HOLD FOR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT Barlow, Christopher Lee , 2/12/2013, IMPROPER TAG, SUSPENDED DL 1ST OFFENSE Barnes, Robert Lee [...]
Read More →Darton sweeps ABAC in doubleheader
Tweet Written by David Mann ALBANY, Ga – The Darton State College Lady Cavaliers swept Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 2-1 and then 11-0 in a softball doubleheader, Thursday, at Darton.
Read More →Look back to See what’s ahead
Tweet The President was in Atlanta Thursday to promote Georgia’s Pre-K program. I, instead, was just a few blocks from the White House while the President was in Decatur.
Read More →Time for the community to step up
Tweet Albany reached a new low yesterday when a Meals on Wheels truck was held up at gunpoint. There are a few things I believe should be sacrosanct, even to criminals, and Meals on Wheels should be on of those things. These drivers, all volunteers, aren’t collecting money for the food they’re delivering. It’s all [...]
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