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Food Safety November 17, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from November 7 to November 13

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…

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Pets and Pet Adoption November 17, 2025

“My name is Dakota. Are you here to adopt me?”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female white Siberian husky. The following information on this potential family member…

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Pets and Pet Adoption November 17, 2025

“My name is Yuna, and I’m in need of a loving home!”

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

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Fuel Cost November 17, 2025

Georgia gasoline prices rise a modest one cent per gallon over the past week

Georgia gasoline prices rose a modest one cent per gallon over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly report, gasoline prices in Georgia rose by 1 cent, reaching an average…

Weather November 17, 2025

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Monday, November 17, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Monday, November 17, 2025, with a high near 66 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous…

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Education November 17, 2025

Accreditation of colleges, once low key, has gotten political

by Robbie Sequeira, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 16, 2025 When six Southern public university systems this summer formed a new…

Energy November 17, 2025

Supply-chain delays, rising equipment prices threaten electricity grid

by Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines and Kyri Baker, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Two new data centers in Silicon…

Science & Technology November 17, 2025

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket landed its booster on a barge at sea – an achievement that will broaden the commercial spaceflight market

by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully made its way to orbit for the second…

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Health & Wellness November 17, 2025

SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids to go without enough healthy food and harming child development

by Jenalee Doom, University of Denver, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental…

News Media November 16, 2025

Why should you contribute to the Cobb County Courier?

Periodically (probably once or twice per week), I’m going to beg you folks for money. So I figure I might as well tell you why. There are short-term and long-term…

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News, Transportation January 24, 2026

This week’s schedule of lane closures for the ongoing $1.2 billion I-285 and I-20 West Interchange project in Cobb and Fulton

The Georgia Department of Transportation released the following updated schedule of lane closures for I-285 and I-20 for the estimated $1.2 billion I-285/I-20 West Interchange project. This week’s updated schedule…

News, Weather January 24, 2026

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