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New high for state unemployment ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor reported that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.4 percent in January, topping the previous record high of 10.3 percent reported in December. |
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Coldwell Banker associates honored On Feb. 19, nine sales associates at Coldwell Banker Intercoastal Realty were recognized by the Savannah Board of Realtors as members of The Distinguished Sales Society. Those receiving the award are Sue Anderson, Kim Goode, Judy Quinney, Stephanie Casey, Emily Pigman, Ann Cade, Alicia Howe, James Presnell and Carrel Donnell. |
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Hospital officials call HUD meeting ‘positive’ Effingham Hospital Authority Chairman Rick Rafter told authority members a delegation’s meeting Department of Housing and Urban Development officials was positive. |
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Upgrade to expand capacity at Garden City Terminal Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced that a new set of electrified refrigerated container racks were completed and came online in Container Berth Five (CB-5) last week. With the 10 new racks, Garden City Terminal now has a total of 44 racks, which accommodate 1,056 containers. |
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State FSA targets funds for socially disadvantaged farmers The Georgia State Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the availability of $9.5 million in direct loan funds for Socially Disadvantaged (SDA) individuals who want to purchase or operate a family-size farm in fiscal year 2010. |
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Hynes named Chamber director The Effingham Chamber of Commerce has announced that Tess Hynes has been named its executive director. |
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Chamber counts on members for Census Lauren Lewis with the U.S. Census will be the featured speaker at Wednesday’s Effingham Chamber of Commerce membership breakfast. |
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Bank to put its power outage to use in disaster training A disaster is going to hit the Citizens Bank of Effingham in Springfield on Wednesday — at least that’s what it’s going to look and feel like to the employees and customers as Senior Vice President Alan Lewis takes advantage of the planned outage by Georgia Power and conducts disaster training for his staff. |
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Governor, state hail Kia’s grand opening WEST POINT — Gov. Sonny Perdue joined with Mong-Koo Chung, Chairman of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, Friday to celebrate the grand opening of Kia’s first North American manufacturing facility, located in West Point. The ceremony was attended by approximately 500 dignitaries from both Korea and the U.S. including company representatives, dealers, and local and state officials. |
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Kemp urges corporations to renew before deadline ATLANTA—Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp reminded officers and registered agents of corporate entities registered in Georgia that the annual renewal period deadline is April 1. |
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