Cobb County

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Fuel Cost, Transportation & Development February 9, 2026

Georgia Drivers See No Change at the Pump Despite National Increase

Georgia gasoline prices remained the same over the past week, despite a modest rise in national gas prices. According to AAA’s weekly report, gasoline prices in Georgia remained at an…

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Puzzles Games and Quizzes February 8, 2026

Cobb County’s alphabet soup: take the quiz on important acronyms in our county

This latest Cobb County quiz is about the abbreviations and acronyms of programs important to the operation of the county and its cities. The Cobb County Courier Quiz is a…

Government & Politics, Local government February 6, 2026

Cobb and Marietta water rates increase this month

Marietta Water and the Cobb Water System increased their rates, citing higher wholesale water and wastewater treatment costs and infrastructure pass-through charges from regional providers. According to the City of…

Government & Politics, Local government February 3, 2026

Alicia Giddens begins new role as Cobb Water System Director

By Mark Woolsey Cobb’s water operations are in new hands. Alicia Giddens began work as Cobb Water System Director Monday, after being appointed to the post last week by the…

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Government & Politics, Local government January 18, 2026

Cobb’s public SPLOST meetings continue

By Mark Woolsey Cobb officials continue a series of public hearings to get feedback on a possible 2028 SPLOST, or Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. That’s after the Board…

Government & Politics, Local government January 13, 2026

Cobb’s public SPLOST meetings begin this Thursday

The public input meetings for Cobb County’s 2028 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax kick off this Thursday, January 15, with a meeting at the Tim D. Lee Senior Center…

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News, Weather December 17, 2025

Fire risk in Georgia today, Dec 17, followed by rain Thursday

Dry conditions and low humidity could pose a fire weather risk in northeast Georgia today, while a round of rain and isolated thunderstorms is expected Thursday into Friday morning, with…

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Local Government, News December 9, 2025

Public Review Meeting on Cobb’s 2026 Grant Funding

The Cobb County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Office will hold a Public Review Meeting at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. The purpose of this meeting is…

History November 8, 2025

A grave robbery in Cobb County: 1879

[We occasionally update and republish our evergreen history articles. This article first appeared in the Courier in November 23, 2023 In the original version of the article we stated we…

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Elections August 20, 2025

Update: Candidates for office in Cobb: send us your press releases, but with two conditions

[This is a republication with slight modifications of what we posted previously. We welcome candidate press releases that adhere to the guidelines below.] UPDATE: There is another caveat we’ll add…

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Home sale prices, Real Estate March 22, 2026