Birmingham company's mining project near Georgia wildlife refuge stopped by $60M land deal

Video above: Tracking the threat of high heat and a few storms in the Alabama weekend forecastA conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent …

Georgia Will Pay $6,500 Per Year For Private School: Here’s How to Get it

This fall, thousands of Georgia students will attend a private school or study at home, and state government will help them pay for it. Republican lawmakers led a push last year to give families $6,500 a year per student toward private education. Georgia …

A hot weekend ahead with a few showers in the forecast for Southeast Georgia and the Lowcountry

A hot weekend ahead with a few showers in the forecast for Southeast Georgia and the Lowcountry A look at the timing of rain and the possible triple digit feels like temperatures CHECKING BACK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST CATHERINE LIBERTA. SATURDAY A SLIGHT …

AI-led energy boom pushes turbine manufacturer to add jobs in Georgia

Georgia peaches exported to Mexico for first time in nearly three decades

Thanks to a USDA-approved produce treatment, Georgia peaches finally meet Mexico's strict rules for imports. ATLANTA — It's official: after nearly three decades, Georgia's beloved peaches are traveling internationally to Mexico, according to …

Georgia grown peaches exported to Mexico for first time in 27 Years

WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream. ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) – In a historic agricultural breakthrough, Georgia Grown peaches have been successfully exported to Mexico for the first time …

$60M deal blocks mine near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

A high-profile, yearslong fight over a proposal to mine near the nation’s largest blackwater swamp in Georgia has come to an end. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that buys at-risk lands for preservation, announced Friday that it paid about $60 million …

Bodycam video shows Georgia arrest of Hispanic journalist

Shreveport runaway teen believed to be in Georgia

SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Jacaila Lewis, 17, who has been reported as a runaway. Lewis left Shreveport on Thursday on a bus. It's been confirmed that she's now in Columbus, …

‘UGA Athletics in Your Town’ touring Georgia this summer

“UGA Athletics in Your Town,” a traveling exhibit of materials from the University of Georgia Athletic Association archives, will be coming to cities and counties around the state of Georgia this summer. The tour will begin on May 30 in Hart County ( …