Newest fish passage design for New Savannah Bluff unveiled

The newest proposed design for fish passage at New Savannah Bluff could divert up to 100 percent of the Savannah River's flow to a series of rock ramps to be built on the channel's South Carolina side.
By Rob Pavey

Commission extends Heery contract

Augusta commissioners approved Tuesday a discounted two-year extension of sales tax manager Heery International's contract to oversee a handful of city construction projects.
By Susan McCord

Board cuts transportation for Jessye Norman students

Because of budget constraints, the Richmond County School System will alter an 11-year-old agreement with the Jessye Norman School of the Arts and no longer bus students home from the after-school program.
By Tracey McManus

Prosecutor will seek death sentence in triple homicide

District Attorney Ashley Wright has filed the formal notice necessary to seek the death penalty in the case of a Hephzibah man accused of killing his parents and younger brother.
By Sandy Hodson

2 sought in use of stolen credit card

Police are asking for help identifying a driver and passenger who were traveling in a stolen vehicle when they used a stolen credit card.

SRS salt waste facility contract modified

The contractor building an important facility to process Cold War nuclear waste from Savannah River Site's underground storage tanks has agreed to a modified contract that caps future construction costs and revises the planned completion date to Dec. 31, 2016.
By Rob Pavey

Mayor's assistant leaving for GRU

Karyn Nixon, executive assistant to Mayor Deke Copenhaver, has accepted a new position at Georgia Regents University.
By Meg Mirshak

Two arrested in GRU garage thefts

Georgia Regents University police and sheriff's deputies have arrested two people in the theft of two Honda Accords from a downtown parking deck.
By Bianca Cain Johnson

Police seeking man in theft of wire

Police arrested one suspect in the wiring theft but are asking for the public's help in identifying the other.

Woman pleads guilty to conspiracy in multistate fraud scheme

Tiquela Murray, 33, admitted to her role in the operation and agreed to the forfeiture of $24,700 in cash and several computers that were seized when she was arrested in April 2011.
By Sandy Hodson

Wildwood Park megaramps to close for regatta

Wildwood Park megaramps closed during regatta event

Rants & Raves

WHY DO PEOPLE get those huge trucks if they aren't able to properly park them … or drive them, for that matter?

Sharing voices

Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Band share their voices in a concert at First Baptist Church of Augusta.
By Sara Cardwell

Legislators pave way for budget approval

COLUMBIA - Legislators on Tuesday approved a compromise that could fund $800 million in road and bridge work across South Carolina, paving the way for agreement on the overall budget for 2013-14.
By Seanna Adcox

Kirby: Put your group's ad on my back

You can advertise your group on my T-shirt for the road race, no matter how I perform.
By Bill Kirby

Top court to decide on Kia hiring records

ATLANTA - Lawyers used grammar rules as much as Georgia laws in their arguments Monday before the Supreme Court over whether the state is required to turn over Kia Motors' hiring records.
By Walter C. Jones

Moore: Summer is a bummer, sometimes

The weather has been hot, the skies wet, the grass high, but something good comes at the end.
By Glynn Moore

Notable Area Deaths of 2013

A review of several from our area who have passed away in the first part of 2013.
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Commission extends Heery contract

Augusta commissioners approved Tuesday a discounted two-year extension of sales tax manager Heery International's contract to oversee a handful of city construction projects.
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