Trader Joe’s closer to Central Georgia: The chain plans a new store at 258 City Circle in Peachtree City sometime in 2025, cutting the nearest location from 87 to 78 miles away — find out more.
Spotted lanternfly warning: A destructive pest confirmed in Fulton County threatens peaches, grapevines and hardwood trees across Georgia with its voracious feeding and mold-promoting residue — find out how you can help halt its spread.
Next-gen AI supercomputer Nexus: Georgia Tech was awarded $20 million by the NSF to build Nexus, a system designed for AI research with over 400 quadrillion operations per second, 330 trillion bytes of memory, and open access for U.S. scientists — find out how it will accelerate discovery.
Archbold, MCG partner for rural training: Archbold is now a clinical training site for third- and fourth-year Medical College of Georgia students in Thomasville starting January 2026, while its new co-branded internal medicine residency program boosts graduate medical education in Southwest Georgia — find out how.
Georgia hits 5 million jobs: For the first time ever, Georgia’s workforce topped 5,001,100 in June as unemployment held at 3.5% and gains led in health care, arts, and admin services — find out.
West Nile Virus season arrives: West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in midtown Savannah, Hapeville and Northwest Atlanta, prompting insecticide treatments in Fulton and Chatham counties — learn what you need to know.
Other Georgia headlines this week
- $140M Ponzi suspect funded three Alabama officials
- Boiled peanuts crowned Georgia’s most iconic dish
- Georgia lawmakers to study eliminating sales tax
- Georgia and national home insurance rates rise
- Speeding to pass vehicles violates Georgia law
- Georgia students begin mandatory cursive writing lessons
- Georgia agency pauses new data center proposals
- Georgia Main Street Programs generated $824 million
