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DOJ botches extradition of suspect in local fentanyl deaths

DOJ botches extradition of suspect in local fentanyl deaths

DOJ botches extradition of suspect in local fentanyl deaths

A Canadian judge halted the extradition of a Canadian suspect in two local fentanyl analog overdose deaths because people within an office of the federal Department of Justice failed to file the appropriate paperwork with Canadian authorities within the specified time.
Camden County Solid Waste Department Operations Manager Cyrus Roberts, left, was named the county’s Employee of the Quarter. With Roberts is Solid Waste Director Campbell Smith.

Camden County Solid Waste Department Operations Manager Cyrus Roberts, left, was named the county’s Employee of the Quarter. With Roberts is Solid Waste Director Campbell Smith.

Roberts named county Employee of the Quarter

The Camden County Board of Commissioners recently honored Cyrus Roberts from the Solid Waste Department as its Employee of the Quarter. The Employee Recognition Committee received nominations for this recognition, with Cyrus being recommended multiple times and ultimately chosen by the committee.

New nurse practitioner joins St. Marys office

Southeast Georgia Health System has hired Nicole Hiller to Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Primary Care on the Camden Campus, located at 2060 Dan Proctor Drive, Suite 2100, in St. Marys.
County Administrator Shawn M. Boatright, Commissioner Lannie Brant, Chairman Ben Casey, Grants Manager Julie Haigler, and Commissioners Trevor Readdick, Martin Turner and Jim Goodman show off the grant received to fund an internship program with the county government.

County Administrator Shawn M. Boatright, Commissioner Lannie Brant, Chairman Ben Casey, Grants Manager Julie Haigler, and Commissioners Trevor Readdick, Martin Turner and Jim Goodman show off the grant received to fund an internship program with the county government.

County receives grants for interns

The Camden County Board of Commissioners was selected as a recipient of grant funding from the Georgia County Internship Program (GCIP), facilitated by the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) and the ACCG Civic Affairs Foundation.
St. Marys Little Theatre will host a two-week run of “An Evening with the Stars” starting Friday, March 8.

St. Marys Little Theatre will host a two-week run of “An Evening with the Stars” starting Friday, March 8.

‘An Evening with the Stars’ set for March 8-17

St. Marys Little Theatre will open its fifth production of “An Evening with the Stars” on March 8 with a performance that begins a two-weekend run at Theatre by the Trax in St. Marys.
Georgia State Capitol

Georgia State Capitol

Proposed changes to film tax credits worry local company

The future of Georgia film and TV tax credits remained undecided as the state legislature was mere hours from the crossover deadline Wednesday as the Tribune & Georgian went to print. HB 1180, which passed the House Ways and Means Committee on Feb.

Residents, county GOP spar over qualifying

Infighting in the Camden County Republican Party reached the Camden County Board of Elections and Registration meeting Thursday, as one potential candidate wrote to the Camden County Superintendent of Elections and asked it to handle qualifying for this year’s primary election.
The 50-foot sailboat Guanahani Honey, donated by St. Marys Boat Services, is sunk in 49 feet of water at the CDH Reef, 16 miles east of Cumberland Island.

The 50-foot sailboat Guanahani Honey, donated by St. Marys Boat Services, is sunk in 49 feet of water at the CDH Reef, 16 miles east of Cumberland Island.

DNR sinks sailboat for artificial reef

A metal-hulled sailboat courtesy of a St. Marys business went below the waves off Cumberland Island recently as the Georgia Department of Natural Resources makes additions to a decades-long artificial reef project. St.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, leads a congressional subcommittee looking into the Biden administration’s new airborne particulate matter standards.

U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, leads a congressional subcommittee looking into the Biden administration’s new airborne particulate matter standards.

Carter targets stricter clean air rules in hearing

Coming after one of the least environmentally friendly presidential administrations in generations, regulators within the Biden administration went to work on creating and proposing tougher standards on a number of fronts, including airborne particulate matter. Known as PM 2.