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Two candidates remain after Tuesday's primary election. Meet the candidates that will be on the runoff ballot and what they want to offer Monroe County.

The Monroe County Commissioners Office installed a 24-hour live camera so drivers can see ahead of time whether the railroad tracks are blocked.

Commissioners in Monroe County approved a higher hourly rate for poll workers ahead of a big election year.

After losing millions in revenue in recent years to Plant Scherer closing units, the Monroe County commission plans to add more industrial developments to the county

A lot is happening in fast-growing Monroe County. Good and bad. Happy and sad. Readers of the Reporter know there’s plenty to write and talk about in the fastest-rising community

They will use extra funds and cut departmental projects to balance loss.

County Commissioners voted due to lower the millage rate by three quarters of a mill.

On this special episode of Georgia Today, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes of 2021. This is the story of a grassroots fight in Middle Georgia for clean drinking water. GPB reporter Grant Blankenship and photojournalist Evey Wilson, an assistant professor at the Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism, followed the effort for the recent documentary Saving Juliette.

"The two worlds are converging, so you've got that going on and more people are moving in"

Steve Fennessy: This is Georgia Today; Im Steve Fennessy. This week, we hear about a new documentary: Its called Saving Juliette, and it follows a growing grassroots effort in middle Georgia for clean drinking water. Safe drinking water is a topic thats grabbed headlines in recent years — think Flint, Mich., and Newark, N.J. Well, this story takes place in Juliette, a small rural community north of Macon. Juliette is home to Georgia Power Plant Scherer, one of the largest coal-fired power ...