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Second candidate forum brings debate to PembrokeA few questions were on topics other than Hyundai’s Metaplant America, which was announced in May 2022 at an initial $5.5 billion investment and is the state’s single largest economic development project in its history, but it seemed most tied in one way or the other to the Metaplant in Black Creek.April 29, 2024 -
Hyundai, Georgia Ports celebrate first shipment of equipmentGARDEN CITY — As the massive container ship Hyundai Pride loomed in the background on Monday, officials celebrated the arrival from South Korea of the first equipment bound for Hyundai's Metaplant America in Bryan County.August 16, 2023 -
Like Bulloch, Bryan enacts new zoning moratoriumBryan County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a moratorium on rezoning land in the fast-growing Northern Bryan Industrial Area that will last through the end of the year.June 15, 2023 -
Kemp comes to Bryan to sign budgetGovernor Brian Kemp touted Georgia’s pro-business climate on Friday in Black Creek at the site of Hyundai’s Metaplant America, shortly before signing both a tax exemption and the state’s $32.4 billion state budget for the 2024 fiscal year, which begins July 1.May 5, 2023 -
Jeff Whitten: Dumb, dumberFirst, the dumb stuff. We’re fixing to get into candidate forum territory – you know, those excruciatingly long events when candidates get up there and tell us how they’ll save the world from their opponents.April 28, 2022 -
Jeff Whitten: In the wake of a tornadoYou only have to get an up close look at twisted metal and pine trees snapped in half to understand that all the photos or video in the world won’t do justice to the damage a tornado can do.April 14, 2022 -
Jeff Whitten: Getting all ‘furrious’What’s a furry, you ask. That’s easy. I am planning on turning into one if my wife lets me. Once she gives me the go ahead, I will then self identify as a kangaroo, maybe, or an anteater. Or a polar bear.March 31, 2022
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Jeff Whitten: Flying the friendly skiesI got home from work around 11 p.m. Tuesday night and told my wife I had solved the problem of unruly airline passengers.March 10, 2022
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Jeff Whitten: Welcome to 2022, hoorayFirst, since it’s 2022 I thought I’d start it off with a question: How do those little tiny Kias and Nissans and Hondas and Chevys the size of a couple of roller skates go so fast without blowing up?January 6, 2022
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Jeff Whitten: Fearless dumb predictionsThis is a column in which the guy in the mugshot looks into the future. He’ll also glance into the past and the present, as well as forward, backward, up, down, upside down and sideways (and under the bed!) in an effort to bring you, well, some fearless dumb predictions.December 30, 2021