A photo shows a flooded city street, with two men in a boat and a third standing in the flood waters.

The flood that changed Macon, 30 years later

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July 5, 2024

It's been 30 years since the Ocmulgee flooded its banks and shut down Macon's water supply for weeks. "To this day, I never take running water for granted," writes columnist Ed Grisamore.

A man and a woman stand outside in front of two mounds covered in grass.

Ocmulgee Mounds National Park to redefine how communities, Native Nations work together

By Caleb Slinkard

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Statewide

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June 25, 2024

Macon could soon become the center of Georgia's first national park. Ocmulgee Mounds National Park is a fundamentally new way that local, state and federal governments can work with Indigenous Nations to co-manage conserved land.