Dear Editor, A self-storage facility is seeking approval for an 18 megawatts data center in Franklin Gateway, a marginalized community in Marietta. Elected officials tout this proposal as a “win-win”…
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Dear Editor, A self-storage facility is seeking approval for an 18 megawatts data center in Franklin Gateway, a marginalized community in Marietta. Elected officials tout this proposal as a “win-win”…
[Editor’s note: This is an evergreen article we periodically update, edit and republish. The first version appeared in 2017] As of the fall of 2025, Kennesaw State University had an…
Over the decades since its founding in the 1960s, Kennesaw State grew from a small community college to one of Georgia’s major research institutions.But how much do you really know…
Cobb County road closures August 5, 2026 The following road and lane closures are currently active and listed on the Cobb County DOT website. To expand the map for a…
[This article and the accompanying photos first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] Kennesaw State University has officially opened The Summit II, a residence hall designed…
The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, with a high near 87 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…
Scattered thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall are expected across much of north and central Georgia today, with the National Weather Service warning that a few storms could produce gusty winds…
This article by Mark Kreidler first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Aug 4, 2026 Vanessa Barahona received a call this past spring from Angelica at Kern Family…
by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 3, 2026 High school seniors applying this year to two of Georgia’s most…
by Ellie Fivas, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 4, 2026 MONTICELLO, Ga. – Four years ago, Evan Newton was an intern…
by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After a nine-month pause, Houthi militants in Yemen allied to Iran resumed attacks on…
by Daniel Kramer, Michigan State University and Madeline Carr, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you build a house in the United…
by Sarah J. Morath, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress…
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female grey domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family…
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male black/white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this potential…
The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…
Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about Maximum Impact Love: Maximum Impact Love (MIL) is a network of churches across metro Atlantadoing amazing work to help…
The following article, the first in a series, was distributed by the League of Women Voters: A weekly series explaining, step by step, how Georgia elections work Sixty-one years ago…
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, with a high near 87 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…
By Larry Felton Johnson Cities within Cobb County perform a number of the functions of government that fall to county government in the unincorporated areas. But how much do you…
