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Almost three years since his home was raided by federal agents, indicted Augusta Commissioner Sammie Sias heads to a July 14 pretrial conference.

An Augusta Commission election is testing the boundaries of new Georgia laws about absentee ballots.

The Augusta mayoral race is having a ripple effect in one county office.

Augusta Commissioner Dennis Williams doesn’t particularly like the idea, but thinks paying residents $100 to get fully vaccinated would work.

A $3 million change order for the company that runs Augusta’s wastewater treatment plan is drawing questions as it heads to the Augusta Commission for approval. Commission committees also will take up a proposed nondiscrimination ordinance and crafting a new memorandum of understanding with Gold Cross EMS during Tuesday commission committee meetings. Macon-based ESG Operations Inc., which has operated the Messerly Wastewater Treatment Plant on Doug Barnard Parkway for more than a decade, is i...

Augusta-area leaders explain why theyre getting the COVID-19 vaccine Augusta Chronicle Eligible area officials, even some initially skeptical about the COVID-19 vaccine, are getting it or plan to soon. An early skeptic, Commissioner John Clarke said about 40% of people he encounters in the community still warn him against getting the vaccine, while he got a first dose Monday to make a statement. “The so-called powers that be and the leaders of communities can’t direct or ask people to do so...