...2011.In an order released Tuesday, the appellate court denied Dean's appeal.Dean, also a former Columbia County commissioner, was convicted by a Superior Court jury. Judge James G. Blanchard Jr. sentenced him to 20 years in prison...

While Columbia County school officials are wrestling with an expected budget deficit of more than $4 million, county commissioners might look at adding employees.

...unit."The market has spoken pretty loudly that (offices) are not a good fit for this area," Todd said. If county commissioners give final approval, he said he expects construction to begin by the end of summer.About a dozen residents of...

Columbia County commissioners approved new rules for road races and rejected an apartment rezoning Tuesday.Unanimously approving first reading of the ordinance...

...address the issue at its next meeting and come up with an immediate solution.Moore has some sympathy for the county commissioners, saying they just took office Jan. 1 and that jail conditions have remained unaddressed for years."It isn't...

...licensing fee by tattoo shops.The Columbia County Board of Health, on which James sits, worked with Columbia County commissioners to put a body art ordinance in place in early 2012 to ensure that tattoos and piercings are conducted in a clean...

...It's not available for birthday parties, but the Columbia County Fire Rescue training facility is now for rent.County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a plan establishing fees and guidelines for outside agencies to use the fire training...

...to finish," Smith said Friday. "I told everybody in my office we're not bidding anything to do with the county."Commissioner Marion Williams, who with Commissioner Bill Lockett led the charge to investigate the three commissioners...

...significant," he said, noting the influence of county commissioners and city council members over zoning and development...The public should be able to see what every county commissioner has accepted there."

...can't stay in Augusta to help him straighten it out some more. Perhaps she could help us straighten out our county commissioners. I WOULD LIKE TO see in The Chronicle tomorrow that Scott Dean has been released from prison and the prosecutors...