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CONYERS, Ga. (WTOC) - New reporting by Pamela Kirkland with Georgia Public Broadcasting reveals that samples collected after the BioLab chemical fire in Conyers of September 2024, may have contained hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing chemical made widely known through the Erin Brockovich case. State officials...

From designing custom organic nutrient blends to exploring robotics and AI integration, Malon’s farm operates more like a research lab than a traditional field. Meet Malon E.D. James, a 15-year-old hydroponic farmer in Atlanta, Georgia. What began as childhood curiosity has grown into a thriving hydroponic operation...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia is losing its affordable housing supply at an alarming pace, and housing advocates say a broken property tax system is helping drive the decline. According to a study by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, Georgia has lost more than 67,000...

The legendary band was founded in 1965 in California’s Bay Area and was disbanded in 1995.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two entertainment powerhouses are heading to Atlanta this year as part of their respective tours. Pop superstar Bruno Mars and country music legend Chris Stapleton will bring their hit-filled catalogs to the city in the coming months. Ahead of the Feb. 27 release...

State lawmakers, along with some governors, have tried — and failed — over the years to update the formula that helps fund the state’s public schools.

Black history doesn’t live behind glass. It lives in rooms where music was made, in neighborhoods that shaped movements, and in stories passed down with intention. Across the United States, Black-owned and Black-led museums serve as cultural anchors, preserving our past while actively shaping how it’s remembered and...

ATLANTA - Community members gathered across the Atlanta area Friday for a second night of vigils to mourn Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who was shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Death of Renee Nicole Good. What we know:. The...

Lawmakers are presenting different ideas to make life more affordable by cutting taxes as the Georgia legislative session begins on Monday. And we look at a report on the DeKalb County families living in extended stay hotels because they can’t afford a more permanent place to live and how that can take a toll on...

Atlanta’s long-standing apartments, famed for the “Atlanta’s Population Now” sign facing Peachtree Street have changed hands yet again — and soon it will join the city’s ranks of affordable housing units. The Darlington apartments were first built in 1951 as some of the city’s...