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If you tried to pull a stunt like the one Jay Wiggins did on Sept. 11 to get back across the F.J. Torras Causeway during Hurricane Irma, he wo…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency opened two disaster recovery centers Saturday in Camden and Chatham counties to assist victims of Hurr…
Several local charities announced Friday they will work together to bring financial assistance to people affected by Hurricane Irma.
Mortgage relief in various forms of assistance is available for Glynn County residents affected by Hurricane Irma.
Shortly after noontime on a Monday in September, high tide at the Myrtle Street beach access spilled out of the sand and onto the asphalt of P…
While Hurricane Irma may have brought down fewer trees than Matthew a year ago, it made up for it in flooding, according to some Glynn County …
Morningstar Children and Family Services is in need of donations following an expensive evacuation to escape Hurricane Irma.
Debris pickup after Hurricane Irma will not be handled by the Army Corps of Engineers as Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced last week.
The 29 sea turtles and 50 hatchlings evacuated from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center for Hurricane Irma are ready to make a splash today as the c…
Glynn County’s public school students will get free lunch and breakfast for the rest of this month.
Lynn Sucilski, a retired Frederica Academy teacher, and her husband Bruce worried about her neighbor Kay Benson, who had spent the last week i…
Brunswick residents packed Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist Church on Wednesday evening for a town hall meeting to get information and to regis…
Scores of in-need people lined up for free food Wednesday as part of a local food bank’s response to Hurricane Irma.
Like the oft-told tale of a person returning from the beach, sand is in some places it should not be around the Golden Isles, thanks to the ef…
Hurricane Irma hit the Golden Isles with tropical storm-force winds and plenty of rain last week, causing significant damage in the area. The …
KINGSLAND — A scramble to find temporary homes for dogs and cats at a shelter in Kingsland as Hurricane Irma threatened the area has turned in…
The United Way of Coastal Georgia is asking area nonprofits, churches and social groups to help it build a database of post-hurricane resource…
The EPA gave Brunswick a conditional A-OK on the area’s Superfund sites following Hurricane Irma, despite flooding above and through areas kno…
Workers in five Coastal Georgia counties may be eligible for disaster unemployment assistance for wages lost during Hurricane Irma, the state …
Glynn County sent out a set of guidelines Tuesday in anticipation of storm-related debris removal, which will begin in the next one to two weeks.
You could say the superintendent of Glynn County School is a hands-on kind of leader.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still determining where to open disaster response centers for those affected by Hurricane Irma in G…
ST. MARYS — Flood waters spilled over the banks of the St. Marys River in the aftermath of torrential downpours and storm surge from Hurricane…
It was anything but business as usual Friday afternoon when DeeDee Cate reopened her downtown Brunswick coffee shop following Hurricane Irma.
Salvation Army officers were dispatched from Virginia to help provide disaster assistance to residents in Brunswick and Glynn County in respon…
Hurricane Irma’s wind, rain and rising tides battered the Golden Isles. When the skies cleared, there was a path of devastation — some damage …
The Jekyll Island Authority is almost 100 percent back to normal and the island is open to visitors, the authority announced Monday.
When the winds and rain arrived in the Golden Isles, scores of people had evacuated while others chose to stay. Then there were those who didn…
Laundry was the first thing Brunswick resident and Hurricane Irma evacuee Linda McZeal wanted to do when she arrived home Thursday.
For Jordyn Loback, a waitress at Half Shell restaurant on St. Simons Island, the problem is simple but serious.
The game was billed as a return to normalcy for Coastal Georgia residents whipped by Hurricane Irma’s tail this week.
Nearly a week after Hurricane Irma brought tropical storm winds, rain and storm surge to the Golden Isles, utilities were functioning at near …
President Donald Trump declared Chatham, Camden and Glynn counties major disaster areas Saturday, meaning survivors may now register for assis…
Mike Craft learned a lesson during Hurricane Irma.
Utility repair continues in Glynn County. Only 11 sewer lift stations are still inactive and less than 2,000 homes in Glynn and McIntosh count…
The boil water advisory on Jekyll Island has been lifted for all homes and businesses on the island.
Local schools have delayed re-openings following Hurricane Irma, and several public meetings scheduled this week have been canceled.
ST. MARYS — At 91 years old, it would be easy for Calvin Lang to throw up his hands and decide not to rebuild the businesses he has operated i…
Glynn County’s state of emergency was lifted at 6 p.m. Friday along with the curfew. That includes the curfew on Jekyll Island.
Animals evacuated from Glynn County returned this week to the Glynn County Animal Control shelter, Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia she…
The curfew for all of Glynn County, including Jekyll Island will be lifted along with the local state of emergency as of 6 p.m. Friday.
The Golden Isles Convention and Visitors Bureau on Friday announced the follow update on area businesses, attractions and events. More updates…
All the water and sewer systems are now active in Brunswick and on St. Simons Island, according to the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and …
Glynn County is now in Phase 4 of its re-entry plan, meaning the county is open, but the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew is still in place until Saturday.
College of Coastal Georgia has postponed the re-opening of its residences halls to Sunday at 8 a.m.
The Brunswick-Glynn Joint Water and Sewer Commission announced it had activated 70 percent of the sewer system on Friday.
More than 20,000 people remained without power Thursday in Glynn and Camden counties, as crews from as far as California and Canada worked 16-…
Two judges were set to hear trials this week during a busy period in Glynn County courts following the slower pace of the summer months. Hurri…
St. Simons Island resident Robert Hewson walked downstairs early Monday morning and looked out at crystal-clear, strangely beautiful still water.
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Undoubtedly, when many people return to the Golden Isles this week, they will second guess their evacuation. They will see clear streets, powe…
While residents of Glynn County return to their homes nearly a week after mandatory evacuations were ordered for Hurricane Irma, there is perh…
Jekyll Island is open. Residents are back and businesses are up and running, but the state park is still a ways from being back to normal.
Residents returning to Glynn County have come home to find a water and sewer system that is about to bust.
Gov. Nathan Deal took a helicopter tour of the hardest-hit areas of the Southeast Georgia coast Thursday, and while he said he knows the damag…
An open entrance to Glynn County offered a welcome sight for Irma evacuee Genena White Thursday morning.
St. Simons Island resident Robert Hewson walked downstairs early Monday morning and looked out at crystal-clear, strangely beautiful still water.
Gov. Nathan Deal took a helicopter tour of the hardest-hit areas of the Southeast Georgia coast Thursday, and while he said he knows the damag…
Jekyll Island is open. Residents are back and businesses are up and running, but the state park is still a ways from being back to normal.
Residents returning to Glynn County have come home to find a water and sewer system that is about to bust.
Local schools and other businesses and organizations have begun to announce when doors will be re-opened, after Hurricane Irma forced closures…
John Long is not willing to let 150,000 pounds of food go to waste. Why would he be? As the director of Christian Social Ministries in Statesb…
The Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission is urging residents to stop using water and avoid driving when possible.
Power is still out at several schools and internet and email is still being restored for Glynn County School System employees, but overall, th…
As of 11 a.m., reentry into Glynn County is going smoothly according to county officials.
People who need a hot meal are in luck again today as the folks who put on the round of meals Wednesday are providing them again.
GLYNN COUNTY, Ga.- Mosquito Control is planning to make an Aerial LARVICIDE application over the uninhabited areas of Andrews Island during th…
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An open entrance to Glynn County offered a welcome sight for Irma evacuee Genena White this morning.
Mary Harrell, a resident of the Riverside neighborhood of Brunswick, stood outside her flooded, marsh-front home Wednesday afternoon. Splotche…
Since Hurricane Irma left the Golden Isles behind, rumors of looting have begun to spread. Interim Glynn County Police Chief John Powell said …
The Glynn County School System has yet to announce when schools will reopen.
Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick and Camden campus hospitals and Emergency Care Centers remained opened and operational throughout …
Since Hurricane Irma left the Golden Isles behind, rumors of looting have begun to spread. Interim Glynn County Police Chief John Powell said …
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We can second guess them and pick apart their decisions as much as we would like, but emergency management officials have a good overall persp…
Regina Shepard was out of money and time Wednesday afternoon as she sat in her car at the Glynn County line.
St. Marys — State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens toured Glynn and Camden counties Wednesday to assess damages from Hurricane Irma.
Generators and groceries — those are on the minds of folks who stayed and those returning after Hurricane Irma left her mark on the Golden Isl…
Glynn County will open its borders to evacuees at 8 a.m. Thursday, according to Glynn County Manager Alan Ours.
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Irma Monday, roughly 70 percent of all the sewer lift stations in Glynn County were not functioning. S…
A notification lit up Deejay Dallas’ phone, and he searched for a way to get home as soon as he could.
The Glynn County School System has yet to announce when schools will reopen.
Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick and Camden campus hospitals and Emergency Care Centers remained opened and operational throughout …
Glynn County evacuees from Hurricane Irma can come home Thursday, ending what for some was a long and expensive trip.
Mary Harrell, a resident of the Riverside neighborhood of Brunswick, stood outside her flooded, marsh-front home Wednesday afternoon. Splotche…
Glynn County evacuees from Hurricane Irma can come home today, ending what for some was a long and expensive trip.
Generators and groceries — those are on the mind of folks who stayed and those returning after Hurricane Irma left her mark on the Golden Isle…
This map shows in red all of the sewage lift stations in Glynn County that were not functioning as of 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Gl…
Glynn County residents should avoid any standing or flowing water outside their homes for the next few days because it may contain contaminate…
The Jekyll Island Authority has entered Phase 2 of its re-entry plan, which means public access is again open. The authority released the foll…
Glynn County's Emergency Management Agency operates a dashboard to see where damage is and where water and sewer lift stations may be out.
ST. MARYS — Camden County residents are being allowed to return to their homes, but they are being discouraged from doing so because the count…
Jekyll Island officials are requesting anyone still on Jekyll Island not to flush their toilets, run dishwashers or clothes washers, take show…
For those in need of a hot meal or a meal at all, free lunches and dinners are being served today.
Joanne DeVincenzo walked briskly up to her husband, Ed, outside Tramici restaurant on St. Simons Island on Tuesday afternoon, clueless, but urgent.
Making phone calls and dictating talk-to-text messages, Dave Austin drove around St. Simons Island on Tuesday organizing recovery efforts afte…
As Stephanie Fullard added another wheelbarrow full of storm debris to a growing pile at the edge of her yard, she felt extremely blessed.
Martin Burkhart sat in his red Jeep Grand Cherokee outside his home Tuesday.
Hurricane Irma — the storm you can’t escape. It was so vast and powerful, people who ended up in Lumber City, Athens and even Selma, Ala., cou…
The piles of brush grew slowly, branch by branch, leaf by leaf, in the Jekyll Island Historic District on Tuesday as crews began the cleanup a…
At some of the entrances to Glynn County, you may pass, but only to pass through.
At some of the entrances to Glynn County, you may pass, but only to pass through.
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Hurricane Irma came through with a vengeance, wreaking much more havoc than many people were expecting.
Hurricane Irma — the storm you can’t escape. It was so vast and powerful, people who ended up in Lumber City, Athens and even Selma, Ala., cou…
As Stephanie Fullard added another wheelbarrow full of storm debris to a growing pile at the edge of her yard, she felt extremely blessed.
Martin Burkhart sat in his red Jeep Grand Cherokee outside his home Tuesday.
Joanne DeVincenzo walked briskly up to her husband, Ed, outside Tramici restaurant on St. Simons Island on Tuesday afternoon, clueless, but urgent.
Making phone calls and dictating talk-to-text messages, Dave Austin drove around St. Simons Island on Tuesday organizing recovery efforts afte…
The F.J. Torras Causeway between St. Simons Island and mainland Glynn County opened to residents who are already inside Glynn County at 4 p.m.…
The piles of brush grew slowly, branch by branch, leaf by leaf, in the Jekyll Island Historic District on Tuesday as crews began the cleanup a…
The F.J. Torras Causeway between St. Simons Island and mainland Glynn County opened to residents who are already inside Glynn County at 4 p.m.…
ST. MARYS — Much of Camden County was without power Tuesday as the region started what appears to be a long recovery from Hurricane Irma.
Glynn County Public Works blocked off the bridge over Dunbar Creek on Sea Island Road Tuesday at around noon because of structure integrity is…
Just because Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has lifted the mandatory evacuation for the state’s six coastal counties doesn’t mean local officials ha…
GLYNN COUNTY, Ga.- As of this morning, officials have implemented Phase 2 of the re-entry plan for Glynn County. Phase 2 includes critical wor…
Roughly 100 workers with Georgia Power crews are out in Glynn County working to restore power after Hurricane Irma and there should be as many…
Flooding is nothing new for the College Park neighborhood. Nor is it for the residents between and around College of Coastal Georgia and the S…
Almost 70 percent of the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission’s pump stations on St. Simons Island and almost 67 percent in…
ST. MARYS — Hurricane Irma pounded St. Marys with powerful winds and rain Monday, causing extensive damage or total destruction of the docks a…
At 7 p.m. on Monday, Glynn County’s borders were closed. A re-entry plan for residents who had evacuated in advance of Hurricane Irma has yet …
Glynn County and state officials are working to create a plan for re-entry into the county, according to a press release sent Monday at 6 p.m.
Chris Sweat stood in the middle of Beach Drive early Monday afternoon on high ground, looking down at the Atlantic Ocean surging over the sect…
Glynn County residents will not be allowed back into the county starting at 7 p.m. Monday, and the blockade will continue until local authorit…
Lukrezia Schacht has had it with hurricanes.
Re-entry back into Glynn County has been restricted, according to a CodeRED announcement sent this afternoon.
ST. MARYS — Tropical Storm Irma pounded St. Marys with powerful winds and rain Monday, causing extensive damage to or total destruction of the…
The school system announced Monday afternoon that due to the damages left behind by Hurricane Irma, schools will not reopen for the remainder …
Water pressure has dropped significantly, and Jekyll Island is now under an island-wide boil water advisory.
Almost 70 percent of the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission’s pump stations on St. Simons Island and almost 67 percent in…
The Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water Sewer Commission customers are now under a strict water and sewer service conservation plan as now Trop…
Jekyll Island is experiencing 40-50mph winds and a threat of severe storm surge. This will continue throughout the afternoon. The possibility …
Glynn County Emergency officials have issued a code red warning all residents to "shelter in place" as conditions continue to worsen from now …
Irma has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm in the latest update at 8 a.m. Monday from the National Hurricane Center.
Many business owners evacuated Glynn County this weekend feeling nervous to leave their stores and offices unattended.
Trees and power lines had already started falling in the face of strong winds and soaking rains Sunday morning in the Golden Isles, but that w…
While Hurricane Irma shifted its course west, away from the Golden Isles, first responders and Glynn County Public Works crews are still hunke…
The largest storm surge ever recorded in America happened during 2005’s Hurricane Katrina in Pass Christian, Miss.
Around 1 p.m. Sunday, under driving rain, geese took their lunch on the practice football field next to Brunswick High School.
Hurricane Irma was roughly 50 miles southeast of Tampa at 11 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center, but it was close enough …
Hurricane Irma was about 30 miles south of Port Charlotte, Fla. and pushing north at 14 mph with Category 2-strength 105 mph winds at 8 p.m., …
The projected path of Hurricane Irma pushed still further west in the National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. advisory and is forecast to be a trop…
Jekyll Island followed the lead of the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water Sewer Commission and is not currently planning to shut down its wate…
Michelle Lecounte stood in her doorway Sunday morning watching as the weather continued to worsen.
The Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission has announced it will not be shutting down the water and sewer systems on St. Simo…
The Columbus Red Cross was busy Sunday making preparations for an anticipated power outage at the Columbus Civic Center where 570 Glynn County…
The following update is being provided as of 1:54 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 to help provide an understanding of what decisions are being mad…
Irma continues to batter South Florida as it slowly trudges up the west coast of the state at 12 mph toward Naples and Ft. Myers on a path to …
Glynn County emergency officials are warning residents that conditions will continue to deteriorate throughout Sunday and that the water and s…
Trees and power lines have already started to fall in the face of strong winds Sunday morning in the Golden Isles, but that is from a nor'east…
Emergency personnel on Jekyll Island will be standing down at noon Saturday, but the Jekyll Island Authority is delaying the shutdown of its w…
Hurricane Irma’s projected path pushed still farther west overnight Saturday, according to the latest tracking model put out by the National H…
Hurricane Irma's projected path up the west coast of Florida into Georgia has did not change much with the 8 p.m. update, but it is trending m…
Glynn County officials have released a notice that the county is under a storm surge and flash flood watch.
The National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. update shows Irma as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane as it crosses the Georgia-Florida border at around 2 p…
Hurricane Irma prompted evacuations from Coastal Georgia to points west, like Columbus, the natural choice to get away from the Atlantic Ocean…
Marc Andress was among about a dozen hearty souls who braced against Saturday morning's blustery weather on St. Simons Island for a view of th…
Hurricane Irma's projected track changed little in the National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. update. Although a direct hit on the Golden Isles lo…
The National Hurricane Center has placed Coastal Georgia under a hurricane watch and Glynn County emergency management officials are predictin…
A direct hit in Glynn County from Hurricane Irma is looking less likely according to the National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. update, but emerg…
Southeast Georgia Health System is operating emergency care centers in both Brunswick and Camden County and will do so throughout the storm.
Hurricane Irma's projected path continued to shift west Saturday morning as it churns its way closer to U.S. landfall in south Florida. Becaus…
Hurricane Irma may not bother the University of Georgia or University Notre Dame football teams when they kick off in South Bend Saturday, but…
Michael Torras, the great grandson of Fernando J. Torras, for whom the St. Simons Island causeway is named, was not overly concerned Friday ab…
Jessica Burkett decided she had seen enough.
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As thousands of people in Glynn County are packing to evacuate the Golden Isles, we here at The News are gearing up to cover the storm from st…
ST. MARYS — Rear Adm. Michael Holland faces a tumultuous start as the new commanding officer of Submarine Group 10.
A general sense of unease gripped the Golden Isles on Thursday as Glynn County’s 80,000 residents prepared to evacuate before one of the stron…
A mandatory evacuation for all of Glynn County will begin at 8 a.m. Friday, a public safety measure taken in response to anticipated tropical …
Hurricane Irma's forecasted track should sound alarms for Glynn County residents, the projected path presently expected to take a similar path…
The comprehensive planning process is underway for Glynn County, part of which involves gathering comments from locals to use in drafting the plan.
Pending a vote of the Glynn County Commission at 6 p.m. tonight, a mandatory evacuation for all of Glynn County will begin at 8 a.m. Friday — …
Schools around Glynn County announced closure plans Thursday due to the threat of Hurricane Irma.
Those in need of emergency evacuation transportation out of Brunswick and Glynn County can board buses at the following designated pick-up sit…
Hurricane Irma has prompted the closing of many agencies and cancelation of schools throughout the Golden Isles. The list, as of Thursday at p…
ST. MARYS — Kim Wingo and four other family members thought they were ready for anything when they boarded the ferry Monday for a six-day vaca…
Shortly after noon Thursday, Gov. Nathan Deal announced the mandatory evacuation of all areas of Glynn, Camden and McIntosh counties east of I…
Connie Hurst pulled into the parking lot Thursday morning at Altama Avenue and 6th Street in Brunswick, approaching the man about the 34 hulki…
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While the rest of Glynn County tuned in to powerful Hurricane Irma’s steady trudge toward South Florida, Maurice Butler kept his eye out Wedne…
Freedom was short-lived for an inmate who escaped from a state prison work detail Tuesday afternoon at Greenwood Cemetery in Brunswick, Georgi…
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We said it in June when the Atlantic hurricane season was just getting started.
As concerned groups throughout the Golden Isles selflessly continued to organize relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and L…
Local agencies will fan out Friday morning to sign people up for emergency transportation as Hurricane Irma threatens to impact the Golden Isl…
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Stone Mountain residents Elaine Ramsey and Joynetta Louis were not going to let Monday morning’s intermittent showers stirred by swift breezes…