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Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine wants to remind Georgians that they must change their clocks to daylight saving time earlier this year – and they should also change the batteries in their smoke alarms at the same time. [Full Story »]

Annual golf tournament date is set

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Wednesday, March 10. 2010

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The 18th Annual Eastman-Dodge Kiwanis Club Golf Tournament two Man Scramble is scheduled for Saturday, April 24, 2010. [Full Story »]

Drug task force moves to Eastman

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Wednesday, March 10. 2010

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The Oconee Drug Task Force recently relocated its office to Eastman following a 16-year tenure in Cochran.
A more modern facility prompted the move. The new office is located at 327 Pearl Bates Avenue across from the high school. The drug task force covers the six county area of the Oconee Judicial Circuit which consists of Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair and Wheeler Counties. [Full Story »]

Authority seeks more funds for airport

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Tuesday, March 9. 2010

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By Chuck Eckles
Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority members are asking the City of Eastman and Dodge County for more monies to operate the airport. [Full Story »]

Deputies make large drug bust

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

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Dodge County sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at residence on First Avenue in the Bacon Heights area of Eastman early Saturday morning. The warrant was the result of a narcotics investigation. Deputies found a large quantity of both suspected cocaine and marijuana at the residence. Deputies also seized nearly $3,000.00 in cash from inside the residence. Dodge sheriff’s narcotics investigators arrested the homeowner, Anthony Carl Horne (age 44) of Eastman. Horne is charged with both possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. [Full Story »]

Dodge grand jury returns indictments

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

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The February term of the Dodge County Grand Jury met recently and returned the following indictments. [Full Story »]

Eastman named Tree City USA

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

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Eastman has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. It is the seventeenth year Eastman has received this national recognition. [Full Story »]