The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a hunter-harvested deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first case in Georgia.
The city of Augusta has no full-time EMA director. Despite this, we’ve experienced several weather events in the last six months, including Hurricane Helene and both winter weather events.
The goal is to decide whether to opt in or out of new Georgia law by the last Augusta Commission meeting in February, which is ahead of the March 1 deadline to decide.