August 2026 News

August 21, 2026

• Reynolds Lake Oconee Donates $1M to St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Pavilion Fundraising Campaign

• UGA Ranked Among Best Value Colleges by The Princeton Review

• Invest in OCS: PEACH Education Tax Credit

• The Okefenokee is the First World Heritage Site in Georgia.

• Coming Soon to Rural Georgia: Thousands more Acres of New Solar Projects

• Georgia DOT Awards 31 Projects Worth $100.7M in Contracts for July

• Both Candidates for State School Superintendent Say They Will Push for Change

• TCSG Launches Statewide Partnership for Mental Health Support

• Functional Unemployment Up for Fourth Consecutive Month, Says Ludwig Institute

• Share of Equity-Rich Homes Near Five-Year Low

• Redfin Reports New Listings Tick Up as Summer Winds Down

August 20, 2026

• Six Georgia Communities Awarded Federal Historic Preservation Grants

• Georgia Among 29 States Suing Meta as Social Media Giant Faces Trial

• The Georgia Cyber Center Advances Rural Health Transformation

• Police Settle Lawsuit Over Interdiction Program at Hartsfield-Jackson

• The Home Depot Expands Fastest Fulfillment in Home Improvement with Nationwide Express Delivery

• New Research Reveals Travelers Are Two Years Ahead of the Travel Industry on AI

• Americans Agree Social Security Needs Reform They Even Agree on How

• America's Housing Market Looks More Balanced, Until You Look at Who Is Still Shopping

August 19, 2026

• UGA Welcomes Class of 2030

• Piedmont Athens Regional Celebrates Procedure Milestone

• Georgia Manufacturing Summit Returns After Six-Year Hiatus as Industry Confronts Workforce, Automation Challenges

• Greene County Announced as New Archway Partnership Community

• How this Georgia Factory is Surviving America's Solar Policy Whiplash

• Carr Appoints New Chief of Statewide Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit