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$89 Million to Invest in Rural Georgia Community Facilities by Sept. 30, 2020

Posted on By Sylvester Local

Rural Georgia needs safe and modern facilities and infrastructure to help achieve a greater quality of life and access to essential services. U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Joyce White urges communities to contact us to apply for funding from the Community Facilities Loan and Grant program, “In Georgia we currently have $89 million…

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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Hosts Small Business Recovery Tele-Town Hall

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(ATLANTA)–Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is pleased to announce his office’s fourth financial recovery tele-town hall titled, Rebuilding & Recovering Financially: A Path to Financial Recovery. The tele-town hall, hosted through the She Leads financial literacy program, will provide insight and advice for Georgia small business owners and entrepreneurs who are struggling during the current…

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New criteria for COVID testing added in SWGA

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Due to the high rate of infection in the region, Southwest Public Health District is greatly expanding its schedule for collection of specimens for COVID-19 testing in Dougherty, Thomas and Mitchell Counties. This specimen collection for COVID-19 testing is available to individuals in the following categories, regardless of county of residence: Anyone with symptoms of…

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Phoebe Begins Limited Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing; Awaits Results

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Albany, Ga. – Phoebe opened southwest Georgia’s first drive-through COVID-19 collection facility Monday to serve people in the health system’s service area.  Patients concerned they may have contracted COVID-19 are instructed to call a hotline.  Fourteen Phoebe nurses screened callers over the phone Monday.  Those who met testing criteria were given an appointment time to report…

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