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Douglas City Hall relocating for renovations City of Douglas (Facebook) By Kim McCullough | January 22, 2021 at 4:41 PM EST - Updated January 22 at 4:41 PM
DOUGLAS, Ga. (WALB) - The City of Douglas announced that by the end of January, the City Hall offices will be temporarily relocated for renovations.
City Hall will be closed to the public on Thursday, Jan. 28 through Friday, Jan. 29.
On Thursday, the Mayor’s Office, City Commissioner’s Office, City Manager’s Office, and the Human Resource Department relocated to the old City of Douglas Gas Department located at 316 E. Bryan Street, next to the Douglas Housing Authority.
Truck hits TVA electrical tower; city loses power
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A widespread power outage hit Oak Ridge Friday just before 4:30 p.m. after a pickup truck hit a TVA electrical transmission tower at the intersection of South Illinois Avenue/state Highway 62 and Union Valley Road.
Traffic was backed up for miles on South Illinois Avenue, and drivers were being redirected, according to a city of Oak Ridge news release issued at 5:47 p.m. Friday. Power was restored to parts of Oak Ridge around 5:20 p.m. and, according to the city release, electricity was expected to be restored to the rest of the city within the next two hours. The exception to the two-hour power restoration, according to the city release, would be the far southeast corner of the city, which was expected to take more time.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Covington promotes Joel Smith to electric director Joel Smith
COVINGTON, Ga. Covington Assistant City Manager Freddy Morgan recently announced the promotion of Joel Smith to the position of electric director.
Smith will assume full management responsibility for the electric function, Morgan said, and will exercise supervisory, administrative and professional work in planning, organizing and coordinating the electric system in his new role.
Smith brings with him more than 20 years of electrical experience, eight of which have been spent with the city of Covington. Smith was hired in 2013 as an apprentice lineman and was promoted several times before being named electric director.