Category Archives: Local News
TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA ACHIEVES 9.3% ENROLLMENT GROWTH FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2024, HIGHEST ENROLLMENT SINCE 2013
Media release from the Technical College System of Georgia:The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) announces a 9.3% increase in enrollment for the Academic Year 2024 (AY24), bringing total enro...
Aug 27, 2024
AMERICAN RED CROSS URGES GEORGIANS TO GIVE BLOOD IN SEPTEMBER, NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH
Media release from American Red Cross of Georgia:The American Red Cross continues to experience a national blood emergency as remnants of Hurricane Debby and other severe weather events across the cou...
Aug 27, 2024
HOSPITALITY HOUSE INVITES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH EVENTS SET FOR OCTOBER
Hospitality House for Women invites members of the community to save the date for special events that have been planned for this October to mark the observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. He...
Aug 23, 2024
GNTC SEES 10% INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT
Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College:Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) saw a 10% increase in enrollment according to the 2024 Academic Year report issued by the Techni...
Aug 23, 2024
HARBIN CLINIC WOMEN’S CENTER ROME WELCOMES OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST
Media release from Harbin Clinic:Harbin Clinic is excited to welcome Dr. Patricia Walters to Harbin Clinic Women's Center Rome. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, and she ...
Aug 23, 2024
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION: MORE ‘GOOD FIRE’ HELPING PREVENT ‘BAD FIRE’ IN THIS STATE
Media release from the Georgia Forestry Commission:Georgia's forestlands are providing greater benefits to people with the use of a somewhat surprising tool: fire. "Prescribed fire," often referred to...
Aug 23, 2024
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE SLIGHTLY IN JULY FOR ROME, NWGA
Media release from the Georgia Department of Labor:Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson said Thursday that Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in July, up three-tenths of a percent ...
Aug 22, 2024
TWO GEORGIA DOT PROJECTS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Media release from the Georgia Department of Transportation:The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) was named a southern regional winner in the 2024 America’s Transportation Award...
Aug 22, 2024
SATURDAY PREVIEW DAYS COMING TO GHC THIS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER
Media release from Georgia Highlands College:Georgia Highlands College (GHC) will host Preview Days this fall semester, with free community events on Saturday, September 21, at the Floyd Campus and on...
Aug 22, 2024
RECENT GRADUATE OF ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD’S FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM NOW SEEING PATIENTS IN ROME
Media release from Atrium Health Floyd:Dr. Kristin Ray, a recent graduate of Atrium Health Floyd's Family Medicine Residency program, is seeing patients at Atrium Health Floyd Primary Care Family Medi...
Aug 21, 2024
