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By Stephanie Springer
Friday, October 22, 2010
ALBANY, GA – The Flood of 1994 remains perhaps the most significant event in the history of Albany. Sixteen years later, Albany has a new interactive tool to help prepare for such a disaster. It's the first city in Georgia to have the technology.
By Larry Gierer
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Columbus State University will use a $1.6 million federal grant to establish a Games, Education, Modeling and Simulation Institute as a model project in support of tactical defense efforts at Fort Benning and elsewhere in the region.
The main goal of the project is to save the lives of soldiers.
By Jennifer Emert
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
ALBANY, GA – Congressman Sanford Bishop made a stop at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to discuss health care and recognize Phoebe's CEO Joel Wernick.
By Megan Naughton
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
The congressman presented Phoebe CEO Joel Wernick was a Congressional Record
ALBANY, GA -- Congressman Bishop stopped by Phoebe Putney Wednesday to recognize a hospital leader.
By Allen Carter
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
On Monday city leaders and the Albany-Dougherty Economic Commission welcomed General Dynamics to town
ALBANY, GA -- A new business neighbor has moved into Albany. On Monday city leaders and the Albany-Dougherty Economic Commission welcomed General Dynamics to town.
By J.D. Sumner
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Company officials with a powerful defense contractor estimate 15 to 20 percent of their outside vendors will be in Albany.
Washington, DC – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-2) today announced his support for legislation to provide Social Security recipients with a one-time $250 payment. The legislation (H.R.
By Jim Wallace
Thursday, October 14, 2010
ALBANY, GA – Military equipment being returned from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Albany Marine Base is big business, and huge corporations are opening offices in Albany to be ready to take part in refurbishing that gear.
That could mean potentially thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in economic growth in the following years.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released the following statement on the tragic accident in Early County:
Congress has adjourned until after the November elections without casting a vote on a concern vital to the nation’s economic recovery – extending tax relief to all Americans. I am extremely disappointed that given the delicate state of the economy, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi did not schedule a vote on this important issue.