The federal government proposes to open 63,000 acres of Georgia national forest to road building and logging. The stated reason is wildfire. The proposal's own rationale section never mentions it. Public comment closes September 21.
Columbus Water Works is spending about $1.05 billion. Paying that back will cost close to $1.8 billion. A new jail could add $500 million more — and nobody has said what it costs to tear the old one down. Second of two parts.
A new Columbus State University report looks at pay, jobs and housing. It finds a city holding steady — and families falling behind. First of two parts.
Columbus Water Works went to manual operation on July 27. A second Georgia utility issued a boil water advisory the same week. Officials confirm the state was hit and will not say how widely.
Columbus elected a mayor, four councilors and a school board in 2026. Most of the city sat it out. The numbers say the usual explanations are wrong.
Project Ruby · Analysis The city of Columbus issued a statement Tuesday responding to the lawsuit filed by eight Upatoi residents challenging the Technology Overlay Ordinance. The statement runs four sentences. Three of them describe the process. One of them…
Project Ruby · Lawsuit The legal challenge Columbus residents threatened came Monday. Four days after Mayor Skip Henderson signed the technology overlay ordinance into law, eight Upatoi landowners and Keep It Rural LLC filed suit in Muscogee County Superior Court.…
Project Ruby: The Explainer SeriesPart 4 of 4 Author’s note: The author submitted an alternative ordinance — The People’s Overlay — to all Columbus City Council members, the city attorney, and the mayor before the June 9, 2026 public hearing,…
Project Ruby: The Explainer SeriesPart 3 of 4 Author’s note: The author submitted an alternative ordinance — The People’s Overlay — to all Columbus City Council members, the city attorney, and the mayor before the June 9, 2026 public hearing,…
Project Ruby: The Explainer SeriesPart 2 of 4 Author’s note: The author submitted an alternative ordinance — The People’s Overlay — to all Columbus City Council members, the city attorney, and the mayor before the June 9, 2026 public hearing,…
