Lake Sinclair drawdown requires permit procedure

Every five years, Georgia Power lowers the water level of Lake Sinclair through a procedure called a “drawdown,” giving property owners the rare opportunity to repair, replace, or upgrade shoreline structures that are normally underwater or hard to reach.That time is returning Oct. 25, when the...

Coal ash processing facility coming to Plant Branch

Georgia Power Company says it will be a decade or more before work is completed on the transfer of toxic coal ash from four ponds to a new 115-acre landfill on the old Plant Branch site.The land, which was home to the now dismantled former coal-fired power plant, is in southeast Putnam County at...