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The USS Florida leaves the Bay of Naples in August 2023. The submarine’s home base is Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.

The USS Florida leaves the Bay of Naples in August 2023. The submarine’s home base is Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.

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USS Florida returns to port following 2-year deployment

Wes Wolfe
Monday, August 5, 2024
It’s been a long time at sea for the sailors of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Florida, returning to home shores after an epic two-year deployment.
A smalltooth sawfish swims in a Florida river estuary.

A smalltooth sawfish swims in a Florida river estuary.

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Sawfish in St. Marys River stirs hope for recovery

Wes Wolfe
Monday, August 5, 2024
It’s an often-told tale as it comes to endangered species – the smalltooth sawfish, a strange-looking relative of sharks and rays with an elongated snout edged with teeth – began a serious decline in population because of coastal development and deaths associated with being part of fishing bycatch.
Dems energized as Harris becomes presumptive prez nominee

Dems energized as Harris becomes presumptive prez nominee

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Dems energized as Harris becomes presumptive prez nominee

Wes Wolfe
Monday, August 5, 2024
Democratic handwringing from coast to coast took a turn when President Joe Biden announced he was ending his attempt at a second term and instead threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris a few weeks from the Democratic convention.
The North Atlantic right whale Snow Cone is entangled in rope as she swims next to her calf in December 2021 off Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

The North Atlantic right whale Snow Cone is entangled in rope as she swims next to her calf in December 2021 off Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

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Study: Even minor entanglements limit right whale calving

Wes Wolfe
Monday, July 29, 2024
Entanglements with heavy rope fishing gear injure and kill a number of North Atlantic right whales every year, and a recent study shows evidence that entanglements play a factor in reducing the number of of calves born every year.

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LEADING WITH LOVE

Andy Diffenderfer
Monday, July 29, 2024
After a 28-year career in the Navy, the questions vexed Robert Roncska, the retired former commander of the USS Texas. How could a homogenous environment like the Navy produce such different work atmospheres? Why did certain crews thrive while others struggled to find harmony?
Kingsland City Hall

Kingsland City Hall

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Kingsland signs on for $300K grant for lead pipe investigation

Wes Wolfe
Monday, July 29, 2024
The Kingsland City Council recently approved accepting a $300,000 grant, issued by the Georgia Environmental Finance Agency with federal funds, to get an accurate look at the city’s lead pipe infrastructure for drinking water, ahead of expected moves to replace those lines.
A wood stork in flight.

A wood stork in flight.

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Wood Stork Birding Festival date set as bird ecotourism grows

Wes Wolfe
Monday, July 29, 2024
The biological diversity of the Southeast Georgia coast is a regular draw for local visitors and out-of-town tourists, so folks who want to get a jump on planning for next year can do so as the annual Wood Stork Birding Festival is now set for April 12.
Heather Metty was recently honored by the Camden County Board of Commissioners as its employee of the quarter.

Heather Metty was recently honored by the Camden County Board of Commissioners as its employee of the quarter.

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Metty named employee of the quarter

News Staff
Monday, July 29, 2024
The Camden County Board of Commissioners on July 16 honored Heather Metty of the Camden County Tax Commissioner’s Office, naming her the Employee of the Quarter.
Submitted photos Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus winter Volunteer of the Quarter was Beverley Spaeth, left. With Spaeth is Camden Campus Volunteer Services President Kathleen Worthing.

Submitted photos Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus winter Volunteer of the Quarter was Beverley Spaeth, left. With Spaeth is Camden Campus Volunteer Services President Kathleen Worthing.

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Health system honors volunteers of the quarter

News Staff
Monday, July 29, 2024
Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services recently aBeverley Spaeth as the Camden Campus Winter Volunteer of the Quarter. At the same time, Joyce Hood was announced as the Camden Campus Spring Volunteer of the Quarter.

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‘Unique and unbelievable’

Andy Diffenderfer
Saturday, July 20, 2024
A member of the 1957 class of the U.S. Naval Academy, Kingsland resident Jim Paulk has seen the great heights many of his classmates reached. A year after the author’s first book, a collection of stories from that esteemed group forms his second, “Shaking Up the World.