A federal agency received $3 million in 2024 to analyze options for restarting dredging for the first time since 2001.

The new ban continues Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society.

A new report says the Atlanta area is the fastest-growing region in the nation for planned new data centers.

Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win.

Environmental groups are challenging a lower court ruling backing the 2017 federal decision to provide more water from the Chattahoochee River to Georgia cities

The lawsuit challenges the record of decision released Friday, which governs how Colorado River water is divided among the seven basin states. Under the decision, Nevada's 300,000-acre-foot allocation...

Nearly two years since the Department of Juvenile Justice received a records request from the Florida Phoenix, it remains unfulfilled.  Despite fulfilling a nearly identical request in 2024 within thr...

Data center moves in Georgia, Judge agrees to delay Flint Riverkeeper case v. Griffin

Longtime Florida environmental reporter Bruce Ritchie introduces a new semi-regular series on his ACF River News Substack, revisiting three decades of litigation and cooperative efforts among Alabama,...

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesperson said the bay still is rebounding despite a recent unexplained oyster die-off.

Georgia environmental group earlier called federal lawsuit against city of Griffin a ‘friendly’ action to stop sewer spills into the river.

President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.

The group alleges that fuel, untreated sewage, chemicals and trash are flowing into the Flint River below its headwaters near the airport runways.

Local leaders in Ware and Charlton counties oppose World Heritage Site status for the Okefenokee, leaning into America First values.

The nonprofit buying The Macon Telegraph and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer will invest in expanding local coverage in the publications.

Kala Hunter covers climate change in Georgia, from sweeping changes by the EPA to disasters like Hurricane Helene, to the clean energy transition & the resistance to change. Find everything here.

Blue Spring is the latest state park to require visitors to pay for a day-use pass online before visiting, prompting mixed reactions from visitors.

The Georgia Trust for Local News purchased The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from McClatchy, backed by local donors and the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley.

Georgia water policy planner says Lake Lanier hasn't recovered yet. But Apalachicola Riverkeeper says downstream water needs are "absorbing the cost."

A Georgia state agency said dead fish were found for 15 miles along the river after the May 20 discharge during a heavy rainstorm.

Mayor said closing of the state-run immigration detention camp there presents historic opportunity for Everglades preservation.

Rains ease drought along the Flint River but agricultural water-use planning and conservation efforts continue

The state is asking an appeals court to reject arguments from a company wanting to drill for oil along Florida’s Apalachicola River

Airport officials are investigating a new report of petroleum in the Flint River as contamination incidents from April and January remain unresolved.

Losing funding for the districts could threaten water quality and make coastal communities more vulnerable to flooding, House Democrats argued.

River Notes, June 2, 2026

He swiped right. She was recording everything.

One of the great joys of living in Florida is our access to fresh seafood — shrimp, scallops, grouper, you name it. I grilled some on Memorial Day and it was delicious! The source of all this bounty, ...

When an Atlanta City Council committee convened Tuesday to dissect recent flooding, a boil water advisory and a fish kill, things got heated.

Florida budget update, Chattahoochee River lawsuit, Apalachicola meetings

Defining Apalachicola Bay's water needs; data centers, droughts and hurricanes.

Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.

It wasn’t clear why the Defense secretary issued the order not to send troops on a routine mission to a country the administration refers to as a “model ally.”