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the sign in front of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners building

Addiction and Recovery September 22, 2022

Cobb Opioid Symposium this evening in BOC Meeting Room, and livestreamed

The opioid epidemic has, unfortunately, been in the news a lot lately, particularly the spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl through the community, hitting parts of west Cobb particularly hard….

map of southwest Cobb County and southeast Paulding

Health Care August 14, 2022

Fentanyl overdoses spike in west Cobb, southeast Paulding counties

Cobb County announced in a news release that overdoses from the powerful and potentially deadly synthetic opiate fentanyl have spiked in Cobb County, particularly in zip code 30127, which includes…

Two test strips, one showing positive for fentanyl, the other negative

Addiction and Recovery April 18, 2022

As Georgia fentanyl overdoses spike, bill to ease access to life-saving test awaits Kemp OK

By Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]April 18, 2022 Georgians are suffering through a surge in fentanyl overdoses as the synthetic…

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Justice October 4, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Cobb Drug Treatment Court participants

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County government] On Monday, October 2, the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of a group of participants in the program attended by judges,…

Science and Technology October 4, 2023

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

by André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin…

Cumberland October 4, 2023

Football, movies, music and more: the Battery Atlanta releases its October schedule

The Battery (Photo: Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) The Battery Atlanta released its schedule for the beginning of the fall season. Events include Friday movie nights, an escape room, College…

U.S. Congress October 4, 2023

U.S. House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker

Photo Credit: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 3, 2023…

Politics October 4, 2023

Reagan wouldn’t recognize Trump-style ‘conservatism’ – a look at how the GOP has changed

by Karyn Amira, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13,…