BUFORD, Ga. -- Gwinnett County officers shot a man to death Monday after he hit an officer with his car in an attempt to get away.

Georgia Southern University's team of student and faculty archaeologists has been honored with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Partners in Conservation award for their work in discovering a long-lost Civil War prison camp near Millen, Ga.

A $91,500 grant supplemented with local matching money will be used to expand and overhaul signs throughout the Augusta Canal Na­tion­al Heritage Area's network of trails, access points and visitor sites.

...000). 2000s 2000: Management Plan for Augusta Canal National Heritage Area approved by Secretary of the Department of the Interior; sections of first level of canal are dredged ($365,000). 2001: Hydroelectric plant at Enterprise Mill...

...75,000). 2000: Management Plan for Augusta Canal National Heritage Area approved by Secretary of the Department of the Interior; sections of first level of canal are dredged ($365,000). 2001: Hydroelectric plant at Enterprise Mill...

ATHENS, Ga. -- UGA scientists mystified by an oil company's claim that massive undersea oil plumes discovered by a UGA-led research team don't exist

...drilling could begin. For example, no one is certain exactly what is below Georgia's seabed.The U.S. Department of the Interior estimated there could be more than $4 billion worth of fossil fuels in the south Atlantic waters off Georgia...

My wife was flipping over the calendar Saturday and noticed two things: First, that the school vacation season is almost over, and second, we hadn't gone anywhere. I held my tongue because I was secretly applauding another summer of travel avoidance.

High winds and cold temperatures lowered the boom on most fishing opportunities earlier this week, but weather and fishing conditions ought to return to near normal after today.

Recent activities reported by area economic development agencies include: