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Hunters allowed to donate deer meat to needy posted on Monday, January 6, 2014 - 10:07am COVINGTON, Ga. -- Although deer hunting season in south Georgia is coming to an end, Georgia Wildlife Federation officials say there's still time for hunters to participate in the Georgia Hunters for... read more... |
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Target to hire fewer holiday workers than last year posted on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 12:40pm SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Target plans to hire about 70,000 seasonal workers for the critical holiday shopping season, down about 20 percent from a year ago. The discounter is aiming to be more efficient... read more... |
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Covington truck driver killed in Indiana wreck posted on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 6:17am PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) -- State police say a truck driver was killed when the semitrailer he was driving west on the Indiana Toll Road veered off the interstate and struck a concrete bridge deck. The... read more... |
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Jobless rate jumps in June posted on Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 10:44am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate rose to 8.9 in June.In Newton County, the unemployment rate was 10.3 percent.The Georgia Department of Labor announced the new numbers early Thursday.The... read more... |
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Jobless rate drops to 7.9 percent posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 8:02am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in February.In Newton County, the jobless rate was 9.4 percent in... read more... |
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Film complex coming to Covington posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 - 8:59am COVINGTON, Ga. -- A film company is planning to build a sprawling studio complex in Newton County. Executives with Georgia-based Triple Horse say the company will build five new filming stages in... read more... |
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Metro jobless rate drops to 8.3 percent posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 9:21am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent in Februray.That's down from 8.7 percent in January and well under the jobless rate of 9.3 percent from February a year ago.Newton... read more... |
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Metro jobless rate rises to 8.7 percent posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 8:01am ATLANTA -- State labor officials say metro Atlanta's jobless rate rose to 8.7 percent in January, up from 8.4 percent the month before.That compares to 9.4 percent in January 2012.In Newton County,... read more... |
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Emory gets record number of applicants posted on Monday, March 4, 2013 - 10:50am ATLANTA -- Emory's main undergraduate division says it received a record number of applicants for fall 2013 admittance.The Emory College of Arts and Sciences says it received 17,652, up from the... read more... |
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