2024

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Health Care December 31, 2024

Georgia Lawmakers: Don’t miss your chance to hold pharmacy middlemen accountable

by Dorothy Leone-Glasser, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]December 30, 2024 Georgia patients, particularly those living with chronic health conditions, are struggling to…

Space Exploration December 31, 2024

From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025

by Zhenbo Wang, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to…

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Holidays December 31, 2024

Reminder about Cobb County’s fireworks ordinances

Cobb County government distributed the following reminder about Cobb County’s fireworks ordinances: Around the New Year’s holiday, we receive a lot of questions on fireworks usage in Cobb. 911 takes…

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Cobb County December 31, 2024

Mableton man arrested for 2021 homicide of teen in Cherokee County

By Mark Woolsey [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law…

Climate and Weather December 31, 2024

Another update from Cobb County on storm damage

Cobb County issued another update yesterday afternoon on the aftermath of Sunday’s storm. The brunt of the storm seems to have hit Mableton south of Veterans Memorial Highway, near the…

Environment December 31, 2024

Keep Cobb Beautiful: recycle those Christmas trees!

Recycle those Christmas trees, Cobb Countians! Keep Cobb Beautiful is sponsoring a free live Christmas tree dropoff. The drop-off locations are operating now, and will remain open through Jan. 4,…

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Pets and Pet Adoption December 31, 2024

“My name is Keagan, and I dressed in this ribbon so you’ll adopt me!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male grey white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this…

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Pets and Pet Adoption December 31, 2024

“My name is Toby, and I’m all ready in this carry crate to go home with you!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male brown tiger domestic short hair. The following information on this potential…

Cobb weather January 24: Photo of cloudy skies above a residential street

Climate and Weather December 31, 2024

Cobb climate almanac & weather forecast for Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, with a high near 64 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be partly cloudy,…

Chattahoochee RiverLands December 30, 2024

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, often with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia…

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Elections January 26, 2025

Responses to survey from the Cobb Courier to candidates for District 2 in the Cobb Board of Commissioners special election

The Cobb County Courier distributed questionnaires to the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. We sent the same questionnaires for both district seats, and to…

Climate and Weather January 26, 2025