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Education July 23, 2021

Questions remain after Cobb County School District releases COVID-19 protocols

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School District released its COVID-19 protocols for the 2021-2022 school year Tuesday, but many families are frustrated by unanswered questions. [Editor’s note: an open inquiry…

Larry Johnson, the editor and publisher of the Cobb County Courier seated in an office chair in front of a small table with a laptop in article about Cobb County Courier Meet the Editor

From the Editor July 5, 2021

From the Editor: Back Home to Cobb County at Last

Our regular readers might that noticed that our volume of content dropped over the past few days. I was in Albany, New York for the past three months, taking care…

Smyrna Mayor Derek Norton takes the COVID-19 test

Smyrna July 27, 2020

Smyrna to cover cost of city employee COVID-19 testing for three-day period

The City of Smyrna is going to cover the cost of voluntary COVID-19 testing for its city employees on July 28, July 29 and July 30. “I am so proud…

Guest Opinion July 10, 2020

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

This is a guest opinion by Melanie Dallas, LPC, the interim CEO of the Cobb County Community Services Board If historical and ongoing racism, prejudice, and discrimination have compelled African…

Operating room at the WellStar Outpatient Surgery Center in Acworth, Georgia.

Acworth July 5, 2019

WellStar opens Outpatient Surgery Center in Acworth

WellStar Health System will open a third Outpatient Surgery Center they describe as state-of-the-art on July 15. The center is located in North Cobb at the Acworth Health Park located…

Jim Williams, volunteer legislative ambassador for the Georgia Alzheimer's Association at Rev Coffee Roasters in Smyrna

Health Care September 9, 2018

Jim Williams: Alzheimer’s Association legislative ambassador

Jim Williams lives in Smyrna and is a volunteer legislative ambassador for the Georgia Alzheimer‘s Association for U.S. Congressional District 13. We met in the popular Smyrna coffee shop Rev Coffee…

Tommy Allegood, Mayor of Acworth; Lisa Crossman, CDPH Deputy Director; Wyman Pilcher, Cobb Board of Health Vice Chair; Bob Weatherford, Cobb County Commissioner; Dr. Janet Memark, CDPH District Health Director; Dr. Carol Holtz, Cobb Board of Health Chair, and Derek Easterling, Mayor of Kennesaw, celebrate the grand opening of the Acworth-Kennesaw Public Health Center.

Cobb & Douglas Public Health June 28, 2018

Acworth-Kennesaw Public Health Center opens

Ribbon-cutting for Acworth-Kennesaw Public Health Center The Acworth-Kennesaw Public Health Center celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday. The new center, a part of the Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) system, will…

2018 elections May 14, 2018

Healthcare, public education top priorities for Georgia Lt. Governor candidate Sarah Riggs Amico

Sarah Riggs Amico proudly counts herself among this year’s wave of first-time female political candidates, entering the race for Georgia Lieutenant Governor as a Democrat. But what Amico really wants…

Cobb & Douglas Public Health March 20, 2018

Dr. Janet Pak Memark named new District Health Director at Cobb & Douglas Public Health

Dr. Janet Pak Memark will replace retiring Dr. Jack Kennedy as the District Health Director of Cobb & Douglas Public Health, effective April 2. Memark received her Master of Public…

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