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Drawing of an entrance to a gold mine with a track and a cart full of ore

History November 24, 2025

Nuggets from history: attempts at gold mining in Cobb County

By Larry Felton Johnson Hope springs eternal in the rush for fabulous riches, and that was no less true in the 19th and early 20th centuries than it is today….

New business licenses article posted each week with an image of Three people gathered around a wall-board with various business and industry symbols including gears and charts

new business November 22, 2025

32 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, November 21

Here are the 32 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, November 21, 2025. These are only business licenses for unincorporated Cobb County. Cities issue…

Pencil drawing of a 19th or early 20th-Century street car on rails

Acworth November 18, 2025

Snippets from Acworth history: electricity and gold mining

The Courier makes frequent use of the Georgia Historic Newspaper database housed at the University of Georgia for articles on local history. In browsing around this morning, I decided to…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

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…

new business November 15, 2025

18 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, November 14

Here are the 18 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, November 14, 2025. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities…

History November 13, 2025

Beginning of the 20th Century: the automobile begins its rapid rise to dominate the roads of Cobb County

[Editor’s note: This is an evergreen article we periodically update, edit and republish. The first version appeared in 2017] By Larry Felton Johnson If the first owners of automobiles in…

Food Safety November 9, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from October 31 to November 6

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…

new business November 9, 2025

18 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, October 24

Here are the 31 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, November 7, 2025. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities…

A contractor holding blueprints, a stack of residential blueprints, and a representation of a site map

Land Use & Zoning November 8, 2025

Cobb Uniform Development Code public meetings begin next week

Public meetings on Cobb’s proposed Uniform Development Code begin this week, with the first meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 12. There are five meetings to choose from, on different dates…

Community Life November 6, 2025

Cobb sheriff announces toy drop-off locations for annual Santa on Wheels program

The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office distributed the following announcement that includes the toy drop-off locations for the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office and the Cobb Sheriff’s Foundation annual Santa on Wheels…

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Health & Wellness December 1, 2025

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