8+ hour, 20+ min ago  (1106+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. " Georgia Public Service Commission Chairman Jason Shaw is defending a December decision to award Georgia Power nearly 10,000 megawatts of power largely designated for data centers " enough energy to power roughly nine million homes. He called data center development…...

16+ hour, 5+ min ago  (336+ words) MCDUFFIE COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A state-required review of a proposed data center in McDuffie County estimates the project could be worth about $1 billion once fully built out. The project could also generate around $25 million a year in local revenue,…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago  (307+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Georgia lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would ban cellphone use in high schools statewide, building on a restriction already in place for younger students. The legislation cleared a committee hearing at the state Capitol. If…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (87+ words) What the Tech: App store trick that's costing some users hundreds'WRDW What the Tech: App store trick that's costing some users hundreds Local students join artist to create mural at Golden Harvest Food Bank S.C. research center participates in "10 Million Names…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (680+ words) SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - More than two dozen people gathered in Spartanburg on Saturday to protest data center developments. Attendees said they're worried about everything from power demand and water use to noise and health impacts, and that many residents still…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (157+ words) AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - DISH Network customers could lose access to WRDW/WAGT News 12 26 Tuesday, March 10, at 7 p.m. unless a renewal agreement is reached soon. If an agreement is not reached, DISH will pull WRDW from its lineup Tuesday evening. This…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (66+ words) There's time to raise questions about McDuffie County data center'WRDW There's time to raise questions about McDuffie County data center Special Olympics Area 15 holds annual spring games Prosecutors seek death penalty in 2 Georgia cases 22nd annual "Rock Fore! Dough' concert returns…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (286+ words) Cindy Soler said she was shocked when she received a message that she could no longer access her Facebook account, where she had been a member for 17 years. "It was just, your account's permanently disabled. Like, wow, just gone. And…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (422+ words) AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Websites and apps ask for our birthdate all the time. Not just our age, but the full date. Month, day, and year. And most of us type it in without thinking twice. But in many cases,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (239+ words) (InvestigateTV) " March is the most common month for customers to shop around for a new mobile phone carrier, according to NumberBarn, a company that works with nearly every wireless carrier. Jeremy Watkin, director of customer experience for NumberBarn, said tax…...