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Health Care October 2, 2022

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health gets $750,000 grant for veterans suicide prevention in Cherokee, Pickens counties

Highland Rivers Behavior Health, which provides behavioral and mental health services to Cobb and other counties in Georgia, distributed the following news release about a three-year renewable grant for suicide…

map showing weather impact of Hurricane Ian on Georgia and Florida by the end of the week, with Georgia covered in red

Climate and Weather September 29, 2022

Main impacts of tropical storm Ian shift eastward, away from north Georgia

The path of now-tropical storm Ian has shifted eastward, although all 159 counties in Georgia are still under State of Emergency, with strong winds possible even in parts of Georgia…

Health Care September 15, 2022

Impending Hospital Closure Rattles Atlanta Health Care Landscape and Political Races

Sam Whitehead and Andy Miller September 14, 2022 ATLANTA — Like many neighborhoods in cities across the country, Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward is changing. Condo buildings and modern minimalist homes…

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Crime September 6, 2022

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Cobb County has two events to focus on the issue

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and in preparation there are two events in Cobb County in September to put a spotlight on the issue. The first is a program…

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Health Care August 22, 2022

Grassroots Work Leads to Vaccination Success in Georgia Refugee Community

Alander Rocha August 22, 2022 [This article by Alander Rocha first appeared in Kaiser Health News and on WABE Atlanta Public Radio, republished with permission] Naw Mu Chaw had questions…

Cobb County August 22, 2022

Cobb International Festival coming to Jim Miller Park August 27

By Brian Benefield Who doesn’t love a great (almost Fall) festival, especially when the entrance fee and parking are free? This multi-cultural event, the Cobb International Festival, is coming back…

Cobb County Senior Services building with article about Tim D Lee Center reopening

Cobb County August 21, 2022

Ioana Bovo-Nicolescu appointed director of Cobb Senior Services

Ioana Bovo-Nicolescu has been appointed as the new director of Senior Services for Cobb County. She was approved for the position at the August 9 meeting of the Cobb County…

Health Care August 6, 2022

Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. – an epidemiologist explains what this means

By Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health…

Education August 5, 2022

CCSD’s pursuit of case against student who had expulsion overturned called retaliatory by SPLC

By Rebecca Gaunt The Southern Poverty Law Center is representing a former Campbell High School student who was expelled, but was found by the state board of education to have…

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Health Care August 2, 2022

A Wellstar psychologist talks about mental health as children and adolescents return to school

The return to school each year can be a stressful time for students and their families under the best of circumstances. With the disruptions brought about by the COVID pandemic,…

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Health & Wellness September 17, 2025

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