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Health Care November 27, 2021

CDC issues statement on the Omicron variant

The CDC issued a press release yesterday on the recently discovered Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. The press release reads as follows: On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified a…

Health Care November 26, 2021

Alarm spreads as new “highly mutated” COVID variant arises

[The Cobb County Courier has a general policy of sticking tightly to local news coverage, but there are some issues (e.g. immigration, COVID-19) that directly impact the county but have…

Cobb County government building in article about rental assistance

Business November 26, 2021

Cobb Small Business listening session on ARPA funds

On Monday, November 29, from 3-4:30 p.m. the Cobb County government is holding a listening session for Small Businesses on the remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The county…

Health Care November 25, 2021

CDC: COVID transmission remains high and cases are increasing

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tweeted yesterday afternoon that COVID transmission in the U.S. remains high, and that cases increased by 9.7 percent over the past week. The #COVID19…

Holidays November 23, 2021

Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour December 4 and 5

The annual Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour of five beautifully decorated homes in the Kennesaw Avenue Historic District will return on December 4 and 5, 2021. The houses on the…

Cobb County November 22, 2021

Cobb extends deadline for public input on the use of ARPA funds

Cobb County has extended the deadline on the survey to determine what citizens think the remaining ARPA funds allocated to the county should be used for. Community activists in Cobb…

Cobb Board of Commissioners November 21, 2021

Cobb County opts into the national opioid settlement with drug companies

In a 4-1 vote, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted to accept funds from the settlement reached with pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson about…

Health Care November 20, 2021

Cobb’s COVID rate shows an uptick among school-aged residents

After a nearly unbroken drop in COVID cases among Cobb County’s school-aged population, the cases rate showed an increase in both the 0-4 preschool age group and the public-school aged…

Powder Springs resident Kari Robinson with her sons Camden and Lawson

Education November 17, 2021

State finds Cobb County School District violated disability rights during pandemic

By Rebecca Gaunt For Kari Robinson, learning that her son’s asymptomatic classmate, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was attending school without a mask, marked the last straw before…

Transportation November 17, 2021

David Scott signs letter calling for grants for prospective truck drivers

The office of Congressman David Scott whose Georgia 13th Congressional District includes South Cobb, issued the following press release: Congressman David Scott (GA-13), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, today…

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