Category Archives: Local News

LATINA-OWNED PAM STUDIOS CONTINUES TO GROW, HIRES NEW TALENT

(Media release from Playa Azul Media {PAM} Studios): Atlanta-based Playa Azul Media (PAM) Studios, LLC and Rome PAM Studio, the first Latina-owned production company in Georgia, is excited to announce Rome PAM Studios has hired Jordan Budd as a project manager and executive assistant. Budd is a graduate of Georgia State University’s Creative Media Industries…read more »

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH URGES PARENTS TO TALK TO THEIR PEDIATRICIANS FOR GUIDANCE DURING BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE

(Media release from the Georgia Department of Public Health): The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging parents unable to find baby formula typically used for their child to contact their pediatrician about appropriate nutritional and safe feeding alternatives. Georgia WIC is working with WIC agencies statewide, local grocers and retailers, and formula manufacturers…read more »

GOVERNOR KEMP TO CAMPAIGN IN ROME TODAY

Governor Brian Kemp will bring his campaign for re-election to Rome today. His bus tour will make a stop at the Town Green at 10 am. Kemp will be joined by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, co-chair of the Republican Governors Association Victory Board, out on the campaign trail in Canton and Alpharetta this…read more »

GOV. KEMP ANNOUNCES OVER $415 MILLION IN AWARDS TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT CAUSED BY COVID-19

(Media release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp): Governor Brian P. Kemp on Thursday announced that he has awarded more than $415 million in response to the economic harms caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and affecting hardworking Georgians and Georgia non-profits, government organizations, and businesses. “We remained focused on protecting lives and livelihoods throughout…read more »

AG CARR WARNS OF PRICE GOUGING, OTHER SCAMS AMID THE NATIONWIDE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE

(Media release from the Office of Attorney General Chris Carr): Attorney General Chris Carr is warning Georgia consumers to beware of price gouging and other scams in response to the nationwide baby formula shortage. “With skyrocketing inflation, record-high gas prices, and now an unprecedented shortage of baby formula made worse by the increasingly dire situation…read more »

AAA: GEORGIA’S GAS PRICE AVERAGE ROSE BY 15 CENTS OVER THE PAST WEEK

(Media release from AAA – The Auto Club Group): Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.98 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 15 cents more than a week ago, 27 cents more than last month and $1.01 more than this time last year. It now…read more »

COOSA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE LOOKS FORWARD TO GETTING BACK ON THE WATER THIS SUMMER

The Coosa River Basin Initiative looks forward to getting back on the water this summer.Jesse Demonbreun-Chapman, Executive Director, says that the organization’s bacterial monitoring of popular area waterways will begin prior to Memorial Day weekend. New test sites have been added for 2022 to ensure safer waters in which locals may enjoy activities such as…read more »