The fact that the Glynn County Commission offered John Powell a handsome package to resign his post only further erodes community confidence in its police chief. From all accounts, it may be time for the commission to seriously reexplore the resignation deal or consider other options.

The Fourth of July will happen as it does every year, but Independence Day will have to come and go without its usual fanfare in the Golden Isles. News came Wednesday that Fourth of July events planned by Glynn County, Jekyll Island and St. Marys are canceled for this year due to the COVID-1…

When legislators return to Atlanta in June, they should stow all nonpressing legislation. Their priority — their only one other than the budget — ought to be the state in general and what they can do to help its people and its businesses recover from the destructive influences of the COVID-1…

Every community has roads that are notorious to drivers. Those roads usually have a well-earned reputation for being tough to drive on due to a variety of factors. It could be a bad dip in the road, bad drainage or just a lot of bumps that earn a road such vitriol from drivers.

Businesses are slowly reopening, and ones that feel it’s too early to jump into full swing are gradually finding ways to service customers. This puts cash into empty tills and brings back jobs, though at a pace that barely rivals a trickle.

With the COVID-19 pandemic going on, how many visitors the Golden Isles will see remains in doubt. When will people feel comfortable enough to take such trips again is a question that may not be answered for a while.

Thank you, U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten. Thank you for upholding the right of Georgians to decide who will pilot their school systems and county governments the next four years without further delay. Thank you for allowing them to have their voices heard in the election of the next pre…

Sometimes it takes an extraordinary event to remind people of just how valuable a service and the people providing that service can be. You would have a hard time finding a more extreme circumstance than the COVID-19 pandemic.

If ever there were a time the community needed the Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, Glynn County Board of Education, Glynn County Commission and Brunswick City Commission to talk to each other and work together, it’s now. COVID-19 may be on a slow retreat, depending on who one asks, but it’…

Of all the times to move begin a new job, Brunswick’s new city manager Regina McDuffie is joining the city of Brunswick at a crucial time. Not only is the city dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, like pretty much every local government in the country, but some have erroneously attacked the c…

When a lone gunman entered the historic African Emanuel Methodist Church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015 and shot and killed nine congregates gathered there for a prayer service that January evening, the community mourned and demanded justice. They would get it, vowed the mayor at the time, Jos…

Many questions have been understandably raised about how the investigation into the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery unfolded. Why did the Glynn County Police Department not hand the case over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation considering one of the suspects, Greg McMichael, was a former count…

For the sake of every child, every business owner and every property owner in Brunswick and the Golden Isles, we pray Scott Spence is up to task before him as the new superintendent of the public school system in Glynn County. These are delicate times, extremely delicate times, and the commu…

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all kinds of businesses. As citizens have stayed home to combat the spread of the virus, businesses such as restaurants, hotels and a myriad of others have been put under financial strain.

Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr finally understand the gravity of a festering situation in this coastal city. Seventy-four days after the shooting death of a young man in Satilla Shores by two men who were chasing him, there are still more questions than answers.

The modern age has never seen anything like the COVID-19 pandemic. Having all the daily activities we have become accustom to — school, work and nearly all types of social experiences — essentially paused is a tough adjustment to make.

Gov. Brian Kemp might want to prepare his office for a bombardment of gripes in the new fiscal budget year. State revenues are spiraling downward quicker than a thrill-seeking child on the fastest water slide at Summer Waves on Jekyll Island. Blame it on COVID-19.

There are a lot of things in the world to be worried about right now. No doubt on the top of that list is the COVID-19 pandemic. Staying healthy and preventing the spread of the virus has been the focus of our country, and pretty much the entire world, since February. Even with our best effo…

Traffic consultants have identified a slew of pressing projects the county, state or both should tackle in the coming years and decades. They include widening projects on the mainland and improvements along the Golden Isles Parkway, improvements designed to make traffic flow smoother and safer.

It is tough to see a project that was going so well stumble just as real progress was being made. The key to making sure that stumble doesn’t lead to a backslide is to not give up on it.

The phrase ‘shop local’ has been thrown around a lot in the past. It is mostly used when it comes to area small businesses that have to compete with the modern convenience of shopping at home provided by industry giants such as Amazon.

Guns and children do not mix. Better yet, guns and children do not mix well. Even better still, loaded guns and children is a mix that can end in tragedy and often does.

It’s time to stop playing the children’s game of “Hot Potato” with the investigation of the shooting death that occurred on the afternoon of Feb. 23 on Satilla Shores Drive and get to the facts of this case. The community is waiting.

It can be hard to understand the consequences of something when you can’t see it for yourself or if it doesn’t happen in your area. It’s easy to shrug something off if the worst of the consequences aren’t right in front of you or in your neighborhood.

Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned. The uncaring, callous image this popular line conjures may soon become symbolic of Democrats in Washington if they stall federal relief funds in Congress with an extensive investigation while COVID-19 continues to take lives, rattle nerves and pummel…

The generosity our community shows never ceases to amaze us. We have seen it before in times of need — whether it is pitching in after a storm, donating to help those in need or rallying around someone battling an illness — and we can’t help but feel proud to see our citizens doing what they…

Gov. Brian Kemp, understandably eager to restart Georgia’s sagging economy, is relaxing the rules governing commerce and consumer movement during the COVID-19 outbreak. Beginning Friday, certain businesses that have been virtually shut down for weeks will reopen, though only under certain co…

On behalf of all residents, we urge the Glynn County Commission to think long and hard before deciding whether to ask the community for another 1 percent special purpose local option sales tax this year. Look around. This is not the time for it. A lot of businesses are out of business, tempo…

The world has a way of teaching people to be patient. We wait in lines to pay for goods, we wait at red lights so that traffic can flow without incident and, right now, many of us wait in our homes waiting for the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic to pass.