As the State of Georgia celebrates 50 years of the Georgia Film Office, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced on Wednesday, another blockbuster year for the film and television industry as productions spent $4.1 billion in Georgia during fiscal year 2023. The Georgia Film Office, a strategic office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), reported that the State of Georgia hosted 390 productions, represented by 31 feature films, 55 independent films, 241 television and episodic productions, 40 commercials, and 23 music videos between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) graduated its 114th Trooper School Friday, September 8, at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) in Forsyth. After 32 weeks of intense training, 37 new Troopers will report to one of 52 patrol posts around the state.
A Calhoun woman is facing kidnapping charges after she allegedly forced her daughter into a vehicle at gunpoint on Jackson Street in Rome on Monday afternoon, reports state.
Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), on Tuesday announced that calendar year 2022 was record-breaking for the state’s tourism industry, welcoming the largest number of visitors the state has ever seen. While attending the Georgia Governor’s Tourism Conference on Jekyll Island, Governor Kemp shared that 167.7 million domestic and international visitors in 2022 brought in $39.8 billion in spending, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by $2 billion. Total economic impact for Georgia travel and tourism reached $73 billion in 2022 – a 13 percent year-over-year increase. Travel demand supported more than 442,600 jobs across the state, an increase of more than 20,000 jobs between 2021 and 2022.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday sent warning letters to CVS, Walgreens and other companies over manufacturing and marketing of unapproved eye products the agency says could pose a risk to people who use them.
Once again this year the Chattooga County Extension and Chattooga 4H will be hosting a cleanup of the Chattooga River. The event is part of the Rivers Alive project that helps clean up waterways across the state of Georgia.
Three people in Northwest Georgia lost their lives to COVID-19 over the past week according to numbers released Wednesday by the Georgia Department of Public Health. Two were in Bartow County and the other in Polk County. Two more deaths may have been linked to COVID-19 – one each in Bartow and Polk County. Chattooga County saw nine new COVID-19 cases during the latest reporting period. Statewide, there were twenty-five COVID-19 deaths reported and 3,539 new cases over the past seven days.
A chair caning class will be held next week at the Chattooga County Agricultural Center. Find all the details below:
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