More than eight months after Little River Marina closed and the Corps of Engineers granted a lease to a new operater, the facility still awaits renovations.

U.S. Rep. John Barrow visited the Columbia County Courthouse in Appling Monday morning, Jan. 7, 2013, to hear from voters in the 12th Congressional District.

State regulators are evaluating a proposed cleanup plan to resolve contamination issues at a dry cleaning business in Martinez.

A meeting to discuss a lawsuit filed over siltation of Jones Creek's lake abruptly was halted Monday by lawyers for the neighborhood.

A meeting is scheduled tonight to discuss a lawsuit filed by Jones Creek against Columbia County and developers over alleged damages to Willow Creek and nearby properties.

Several area schools, including two in Columbia County, win SRR grants for innovative approaches to teaching math and science.

Twitter @RobPavey A mysterious boom that shook portions of Appling late Monday was confirmed Tuesday as a minor earthquake, according to Columbia County authorities....

Twitter @RobPavey Residents in Columbia and Richmond counties have just one more week before a seasonal ban on outdoor burning goes into effect May 1. The ban, which affects 54 counties this year – six more than in 2011 — is part of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s effort to red...

Classic City Marinas will take over the lease of now-closed Little River Marina on June 1, with plans for "a complete facelift."

Appling resident Dan Eaton, one of five skydivers who jumped from a hot air balloon as it was engulfed in a weekend storm, praised dead balloon pilot Edward Ristaino, whose quick thinking saved their lives.

Classic City Marinas of Athens, Ga., has been selected as the operator to take over the lease of the former Little River Marina at Clarks Hill Lake.

A Dearing man and his girlfriend could face a McDuffie County jury as early as September in the slaying of the man's ex-wife, who was shot, tied to a pickup and dragged more than five miles along a rural highway.

Twitter @ColumbiaCounty The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will give businesses interested in Clarks Hill Lake’s former Little River Marina site more time to submit proposals after new questions were raised during a Jan. 17 site visit. The questions ranged from who would be responsible if environmen...

Twitter @ColumbiaCounty An opportunity to lease and redevelop the former Little River Marina site at Clarks Hill Lake attracted 18 interested parties Tuesday during a “pre-proposal site visit” organized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “Interest has definitely been higher than expected,”...

Twitter @ColumbiaCounty Got leftover cooking oil? Don’t throw it away. Columbia County’s Water Utility and the Augusta Utilities Department want to keep it out of our landfills and sewer lines and will offer used cooking oil recycling from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. until noon Sa...