...contract to work on the Spirit Creek sewer line. The results didn't live up to their billing, according to then-Augusta Utilities Director Max Hicks.Boatman later worked for Gardnyr Michael Capital Inc., the firm that brokered the swap. Boatman...

...through the gates that channel the Savannah River into the canal. Their names were not released.Terry Anthony, an Augusta Utilities employee working at the Lock and Dam, said she saw the kayakers and tried to direct them away, but the current...

...to keep track of water temperatures that affect fish movement, he said.Beneficiaries of the project include the Augusta Utilities Department, which spends millions of dollars each year treating wastewater that is returned to the river under...

...proposals from two private firms also seeking to run the course;? Issuing $20 million in taxable bonds to cover Augusta Utilities' debt service requirements, required after the city's bond rating exceeded the bond insurer's rating, according...

An ambitious relocation plan for Augusta Utilities Department that includes the purchase of a Laney-Walker Boulevard building and renovation of the former downtown Augusta library...

...into a storm drain last week appears to have caused a fish kill in a tributary of Rocky Creek, according to the Augusta Utilities Depart ment.An initial investigation of the March 15 accident yielded no evidence of damage to the ditch, which...

...said about overtime. "We pay for it out of our operating revenues. We don't get a penny from the city."Like Augusta Utilities and Environmental Services, the airport pays its bills from revenue but uses Augusta's human resources department...

...vehicles were recovered Monday at an Augusta recycling center.According to an incident report, police were called to Augusta Utilities, 360 Bay St., on Monday morning after an employee discovered toolboxes had been removed from pickups left in the...

...in the sewage collection line, said Russell Thies, the assistant director for distribution and collection at the Augusta Utilities Department. The grease backup was likely caused by a restaurant inside Trinity, he said."We've had some challenges...

...his company, Smith Brothers Mechanical, profited from plumbing and air conditioning work as a subcontractor on an Augusta Utilities project at Fort Gordon and on several service calls for the sheriff's office, 911 center and other city buildings...