Dougherty Co. holds fresh spring festival Albany (Source: WALB News) By Avery Jacobs | May 16, 2021 at 11:16 AM EDT - Updated May 16 at 11:16 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On Saturday, Dougherty County held its Spring Festival event at Riverfront Park.
The goal of the event is to teach the community better eating habits and lifestyles.
Vendors provided free produce and vegetable plants.
Phoebe mobile wellness clinic was also on-site providing free vaccine shots to the public. Dougherty Co. holds fresh spring festival Albany (Source: WALB News)
A collaborative partnership between Dougherty County, Flint River, and the University of Georgia Extension made the event possible.
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Dougherty Co. political parties react to state voter bills Vote Here sign (Source: WALB) By Gabrielle Ware | March 10, 2021 at 9:04 AM EST - Updated March 10 at 1:30 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - State election bills that would change rules around absentee voting inch closer to becoming law. This comes after record absentee voting in the last General Election.
Dougherty County GOP and Democratic chairmen discussed the legislation.
Senate Bill 241 requires absentee voters to be over the age of 65, have a disability, or be out of town on Election Day. You must provide identification when applying.
“I’ve been in Dougherty County my whole life,” said Dougherty County Democratic Chair James Williams. “We deal with challenges and issues and we get past those issues. Dougherty has voted in the past and made history in January. We will adapt to whatever the law tells us to do. It’s just ironic that they’re changing in the middle of the stream when they lost the election.
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Dougherty Co. signs, certifies election results
Dougherty Co. signs, certifies election results By Keshawn Ward | January 13, 2021 at 2:14 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 8:20 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Dougherty County had a special meeting Wednesday to certify the election results from the January 5 runoffs.
In the meeting, the board of the elections discussed the numbers of the elections, noting that the overall numbers of the runoffs and general election were fairly close, in terms of the numbers of voters.
They usually expect the numbers to be far lower, but this year the runoffs had a huge turnout. Dougherty County runoff turnout was just over 50 percent, while the general election turnout was 58 percent.