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City of Waynesboro workers hauled the new public fishing dock off Jones Lake after high winds knocked it off kilter. According to insurance agent Ashton Blount, who donated the dock, it will remain on dry ground while plans are made to stabilize it, most likely by mounting it to posts driven into the lake bed. More ... Burke County is sinking deeper into the state's jobless pool. According to preliminary February figures just released by the Georgia Department of Labor, Burke County's unemployment rate has swollen to 11.7 percent. More ... It will be business as usual at Waynesboro's BI-LO despite the company's recent petition for bankruptcy. Last Monday, BI-LO LLC and four affiliates filed the petition under Chapter 11 in an effort to restructure. More ... An arrangement with an Augusta hospital should offer more specialty healthcare to Burke County residents. Burke Medical Center signed an affiliation agreement with MCGHealth Medical Center recently that will allow local patients greater access to specialty services. More ... Federal inspectors said Vogtle Electric Generating Plant was operated safely in 2008. Units one and two were operated in a way that fully met all major public health and safety objectives, according to a letter sent from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Tom Tynan, Southern Nuclear vice president for Plant Vogtle. More ... 10 years ago: March 31, 1999 Marianne May resigned from her position as Burke County Superintendent of Elections. The Board of Elections employed Barbara Hammett on an interim basis. Jim Andrew was elected president of the National Rural Electric Cooperated Association. More ... The Burke County Library, located at 130 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, has received the following books: Fiction Allston, Aaron: Outcast Dane, Dana: Numbers Ferrell, Marilee: Love Finds You in Last Chance, More ... |
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