Wednesday October 9th, 2024 8:22PM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
More City of Atlanta, Delta job cuts
The city of Atlanta is cutting another 222 employees and closing the majority of its recreation centers to cope with an expected $50 million budget hole and Delta Airlines is hinting that it may cut more jobs.
1:41PM ( 15 years ago )
State grant to help fund mountain fiber optic study
Communications in the mountains of northeast Georgia could be getting a boost thanks to a state grant, one of several announced by Gov. Sonny Perdue and the OneGeorgia Authority.
11:01AM ( 15 years ago )
Ga. colleges bracing for steeper cuts, fee hikes
The state Board of Regents will meet in a specially called session Wednesday to vote on slashing college budgets, increasing health care costs to employees and hiking student fees.
10:23AM ( 15 years ago )
Polls open for Georgia runoffs
Georgia voters are returning to the polls today to decide one of two unresolved U.S. Senate races that Democrats need to win for a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters. There are two other statewide races on the ballot and some local races around the state, as well.
7:18AM ( 15 years ago )
Stocks sink, Dow down 4 percent
Stock prices are seeing sharp declines after last week's winning streak.

1:26PM ( 15 years ago )
Pilgrim's Pride files for bankruptcy protection
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer, which has plants in northeast Georgia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.
1:22PM ( 15 years ago )
'Snow day' for some NE Ga. students
Some Georgia students are getting one more day of Thanksgiving break.
7:55AM ( 15 years ago )
Dec. greeted by cold, wet, windy weather
It's a wet, cold and windy morning across much of north Georgia, with the chance of snow accumulations of up to 4 inches in some mountain areas today and tonight.
5:45AM ( 15 years ago )
Natural Resources officer believed shot by hunter
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources initial investigation says the shooting of one of its officers by a hunter was accidental.
2:00PM ( 15 years ago )
Runoff elections Tuesday
Four weeks after the General Election, Georgia voters head back to the polls Tuesday to settle three statewide runoffs.
8:45AM ( 15 years ago )