Southwest Georgia’s unemployment rate declines to 8.8 percent in August
Tweet Special to the Journal ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia region decreased to 8.8 percent in August, down seven-tenths of a percentage point from 9.5 percent in July. The rate was 9.4 percent in August a year ago. The rate dropped because there [...]
Read More →Inner City Slickers Program Opening in Leesburg
Tweet by Morgan Seegmueller Inner City Slickers Leesburg (ICS) will have its grand opening in the form of a one-day camp at Serenity Stables Saturday, September 28. The children attending the camp have been selected from the community and are considered at-risk youth. The camp will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. During this one day [...]
Read More →Republican Party Reception Tonight
Tweet Special to the Journal Please join Public Service Commissioner Doug Everett, State GOP Chairman John Padgett and friends for a gathering in order to re-establish the Republican Party in Dougherty County. The meeting will take place on Thursday, September 26, at 6:00 pm at the Manor House at Merry Acres. Bo Henry is serving [...]
Read More →HHS boosts stockpile of products to treat acute radiation syndrome
Tweet Contracts allow repurposing of a commercial cancer therapy for use in emergencies Orders placed today under Project BioShield contracts will increase the national stockpile of leukocyte growth factors, a treatment for acute radiation syndrome. The products ordered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and [...]
Read More →THE UNVEILING OF THE NELSON TIFT BRONZE PORTRAIT
Tweet Specialk to the Journal Downtown Albany, Georgia – September 26, 2013 – The Downtown Manager’s Office and local artist Ms. Gayla Renee Catrett invite you to attend the unveiling of the bronze portrait of Nelson Tift on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. This event will take place on Front Street across from [...]
Read More →State of Public Health Conference to tackle health care reform on Oct. 3
Tweet Special to the Journal Athens, Ga. – Len M. Nichols, a renowned health care economist and professor of health policy at George Mason University, will address national health care reform in his keynote speech at the University of Georgia College of Public Health’s second annual State of Public Health Conference Oct. 3 at the [...]
Read More →Metro Albany’s unemployment rate declines to 9.1 percent in August
Tweet Special to the Journal ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that metro Albany’s unemployment rate decreased to 9.1 percent in August, down seven-tenths of a percentage point from 9.8 percent in July. The rate was 9.7 percent in August a year ago. The rate dropped because there was a significant reduction [...]
Read More →ASU Lectur Series Guest Speaker to be Scott Lilly
Tweet ASU lecture series to present M. Scott Lilly M. Scott Lilly, president of Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC), and vice president of Talent Acquisition and Campus Relations for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund will be the keynote speaker at the Albany State University Lecture Series at 9:50 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the ACAD Auditorium. [...]
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