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Land developer purchases local shopping center for $2.6 million
A Longwood-based land development company has purchased a local shopping center for $2.6 million.…
Supervisor begins converting local voters to new district map
The Taylor County Supervisor of Elections office has begun the process of reassigning local voters to their new districts based on the new district map approved earlier this year by…
Disaster Day
Representatives with FEMA, American Red Cross, Small Business Assistance Disaster Recovery and other agencies participated in the first annual “Disaster Day” at Forest Capital Hall last Saturday. Booths included information…
Georgia-Pacific will not sell Foley mill as a ‘cellulose manufacturing facility’
Georgia-Pacific (GP) has confirmed it will not sell the local Foley Mill to any other company wishing to use it as a cellulose manufacturing facility – but will instead begin…
Mill is the highest valued parcel in county at more than $480 million
Georgia Pacific’s Foley Cellulose Mill’s tangible personal property (TPP) account is the highest valued parcel in Taylor County, sitting at over $480 million assessed value, according to Taylor County Property…
Two-year drug trafficking investigation results in four arrests; three suspects have plead guilty, sentenced
A two-plus year investigation spearheaded by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) Narcotics Task Force has recently wrapped up, resulting in federal drug trafficking charges against four individuals involved in…
Perry woman, 56, facing up to life in federal prison on drug charges when she is sentenced next month
A Perry woman with multiple drug-related charges is now facing at least 25 years – and possibly life – in prison when she is sentenced on drug trafficking charges in…
Qualifying for federal, judicial seats ends April 26
Qualifying is underway this week for candidates seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress, as well as those for various judicial and circuit offices.…
GP has invested $2 billion at other sites over last year
In the same year it announced plans to permanently close its Foley Cellulose Mill in Perry, Georgia-Pacific (GP) reinvested approximately $2 billion back into its business and operations in other…
GP invested more than $300million in Foley mill since ‘17
In the years leading up to GP’s surprise announcement on Sept. 18, 2023, that it planned to “permanently close” the Foley Cellulose mill, the company invested over $300 million in…
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