As reports for positive test results of Covid-19 for inmates, guards and health care professionals testing are on the rise, jails and prisons across the country are struggling to contain…

Over the past decade, Columbia County has experienced some of the most explosive growth in the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an average household income…

According to the Columbia County Sheriff Department’s Major Steve Morris, who oversees Detention and Court Services, the county has 218 inmates in the jail on Columbia Road. “Ideally, 336 would…

The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Public Health, will begin to provide a list of COVID-19 cases in each jurisdiction to…

Marty Matfess, Chief Operating Officer of SIG Management, responds after his property is branded a ‘Homeless Hotel’ by Richmond County Commission. As the person who converted it from the Bankrupt…

Non-profits in the community can submit grant applications through the Community Foundation website. Support funds will be released on a rolling basis throughout the outbreak and recovery phases of this…

AB Beverage, the organizers of Papa Joe’s Banjo-B-Que Music Festival, announced Friday they are condensing and moving this year’s event, originally scheduled for May 22 & 23rd, to Sunday, September…

Long before moviegoers watched in horror as actor Ned Beatty was forced to strip off his clothes and told to “squeal like a pig” during a film set in the…

Listen to the actual phone call here: Originally published December 17, 2013 The stunning soap opera that was the Columbia County Tax Commissioner’s Office in 2013. Allegations of perhaps improperly…