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Georgia receives $48 million federal grant to expand rural broadband
The federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment grant will fund fiber buildout to roughly 22,000 unserved homes and businesses across 38 rural Georgia counties.
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Infrastructure
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Traffic
New Georgia 400 interchange at McGinnis Ferry Road officially opens
After five years of planning and construction, the new full diamond interchange is open to traffic, promising relief for North Fulton and Forsyth commuters.
Weather
Atlanta Heat Dome Strains Fulton County Jail, Stretches Power Grid
An intense early-summer heat dome has pushed metro Atlanta temperatures past 96 degrees, triggering HVAC failures at the Rice Street jail facility and placing unprecedented strain on Georgia's electrical infrastructure.
Local
Archive: June 26 Cascade Road boil-water advisory is no longer active
This launch-day advisory for ZIP codes 30311 and 30331 is no longer active. Check Atlanta DWM's official advisory page for current conditions.
Local
DeKalb County embarks on largest road repaving program in a decade
The $87 million program will resurface 230 lane-miles of residential streets over the next two years — more than the past three years combined.
Local
BeltLine's Southside trail gap is finally closing. Here's what's opening — and what isn't.
After nearly a decade of planning and a half-billion dollars in spending, the two-mile missing segment between Oakland City and West End is on track to open by fall. But three key segments are still years away.
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Overnight flooding inundates parts of the Fulton County Jail as sheriff publicly criticizes the county's improvement plan
Heavy rain on Wednesday night sent water into parts of the Rice Street facility, deputies said. Sheriff Patrick Labat told reporters the county's plan to fix the jail has 'not worked.'
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Westside Trail–Segment 4 opens, creating the BeltLine's longest continuous paved corridor to date
The 1.3-mile segment closes the last gap between University Avenue and Huff Road, letting walkers, runners, and cyclists cover 6.7 uninterrupted miles — the longest stretch of paved BeltLine trail in corridor history.