Georgia
The latest Georgia coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Man gets two years for threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
A man was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison for repeatedly leaving death threats on U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's official voicemail.
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Man gets 10 years in prison for fatal Chattooga County DUI crash
A Chattooga County jury convicted a man on 10 charges related to a 2017 head-on crash on Taylor's Ridge that killed a woman and seriously injured her family members.
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Dalton congregation breaks ground on new $13M facility
After 2 1/2 years of renting or leasing space, The River Community Church held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new 33,000-square-foot facility Tuesday morning.
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Raid on Georgia EV battery plant raises new risks for a shaken industry
The immigration raid last week on an electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia owned by two South Korean manufacturers was yet another setback for what had been a fast-growing industry in the United States.
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How a raid turned Hyundai, Ga. Gov. Brian Kemp’s biggest jobs push, into a political thicket
When Gov. Brian Kemp announced a Hyundai Motor Group electric vehicle factory on a sandy site near Savannah in 2022, it was hailed as the largest economic development project in state history — and the centerpiece of his push to make Georgia the hub of U.S. EV manufacturing.
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Homeland security official says 475 people were detained during an immigration raid in Georgia
ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) — Immigration authorities said Friday they detained 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, when hundreds of federal agents raided…
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Coca-Cola bet $5B on Costa Coffee. Here’s why it might be brewing up a sale
Coca-Cola in 2019 closed on one of the largest acquisitions in its history.
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International Paper ignored local incentives to stay in Georgia
Liberty County tried tax incentives, but governor says market forces led to 1,100 job losses
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution to quit print cold turkey
When Andrew Morse joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as its president and publisher in January 2023, the company had plans to stop printing the newspaper by that June. He quickly hit the brakes.
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New trail will connect downtown Chickamauga to battlefield
By the end of the year, a small community could start reaping the benefits of a connection between its downtown and the first and largest national military park in the U.S.
