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‘Fading 5’ highlights endangered buildings, stalled tax credit

The Historic Macon Foundation announced its Fading Five list for the 11th year. This year's list highlights vacant historic commercial buildings downtown.

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Data centers drive Georgia’s digital gold rush

Georgia may be a leading state in the race to develop new hyperscale data centers as artificial intelligence, cloud services and cryptocurrency are on the rise.

KMBB plans massive cleanup around 5 southwest Bibb schools

$30K in Macon-Bibb District 8 public safety funds help Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful efforts that include surveying illegal dumps and trash piles.

Aging reservoir, hydrant use stir up tap water taste issues

The dirt-tasting tap water in Macon is coming from an aging reservoir that is growing algae and undergoing a natural process called "lake turnover," Macon Water Authority says.

Water authority blames ‘unusually high’ number of fires for dirt-tasting water

The Macon-Bibb County Fire Department disagreed, saying fires were at normal levels recently.

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Macon Water Authority mum on dirt-tasting water

Macon Water Authority leadership remains silent amid ongoing reports of foul-tasting tap water across Bibb County.

‘It don’t make sense to kill somebody’: Macon’s homicides decline, but pain remains

Homicides in Bibb County are on the decline.

Macon rallies to keep Christmas Spectacular shining

After funding concerns, Macon Pops announced its annual Christmas Spectacular live concert will return this year due to the efforts of several community partners.

Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful to plant trees, alter ‘Chipper’ event

KMBB coordinated some cleaning efforts over the weekend, with more still to come.

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