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Columbus, Georgia is located in Muscogee County. Zip codes in Columbus, GA include 31917, 31993, and 31907. The median home price in Columbus is $134,000 which is roughly $59/per square foot. More Columbus information.

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50 min ago | www.foxnews.com | Jim R Pickens

Roger Ailes' letter to Fox employees

The recent news about the FBI's seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States.

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1 hr ago | www.mcclatchydc.com | Jim R Pickens

Scandal draws questions about IRS role in enforcing Obamacare

The blossoming IRS scandal over the targeting of conservative groups is provoking new scrutiny and terse questions about the agency's role in shaping and implementing the controversial new national health care law, with the biggest changes set to begin next year.

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3 hrs ago | Ledger-Enquirer.com

Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: Random thoughts on a holiday weekend

Some random thoughts as we enter the Memorial Day weekend. Warning: Two of them are related to the Muscogee County School District, one is kind of related but really about whitewater, and one is a story about my dog.

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Fri May 24, 2013
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Do not let challenges discourage you from achieving your dreams

Most of us have had dreams for our lives since we were children. Some have been accomplished.

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Muscogee Library Board to offer libraries director job assistant state librarian Alan Harkness

The Muscogee County Library Board unanimously voted Thursday to offer the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries director's job to Alan Harkness, an assistant state librarian.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

June 6: Bidding for Hope Silent Auction to benefit domestic violence shelter Hope Harbour

Local domestic violence shelter Hope Harbour hosts Bidding for Hope Silent Auction, a fundraising event that will take place at the W.C. Bradley Co.

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Hometown Life

military news

Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Casey N. Allison has graduated from the Army Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Indians' Huff designated

Huff was called up from Columbus on May 13. In three appearances this season, he allowed five runs over three innings.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Richard Hyatt: Brazen enough to meet The Duke

Someone recovered enough to suggest we forsake the heat and go inside where the air conditioner was running full speed.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Baby Bear Day Care grows into south Columbus

"We're looking for mid-June at this point," said Milton Hodges, co-owner and director of Baby Bear, of the new center's opening at 2039 Torch Hill Road in Torch Hill Plaza .

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Long-shot vision becomes visible, tangible reality

Truth be told, there have to have been times over the years when even the most passionate and committed champions of the Columbus whitewater project privately conceded that it just wasn't going to happen.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Columbus unemployment rate slides to 7.9 percent in April; city is No. 45 in development rankings

The city’s unemployment rate dropped from 8.4 percent March to 7.9 percent in April, its lowest level since 7.7 percent in December 2008.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Historic District fires: Reward offered for information leading to arrests

Officials are offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the Historic District vehicle fires last weekend, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Top award for Muscogee County middle school student announced

Veterans Memorial Middle School eighth-grader Cameron Chandler is the 2013 winner of the T. Hiram Stanley Award, considered the most prestigious honor a Muscogee County School District middle school student can receive.

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Silver City Sun-News

Reunions

The Second Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the Army's 2nd Infantry Division at any time.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Chattahoochee Chatter: Nothing like wearing white to a funeral

Robert Wadkins, Muscogee County's chief public defender, appeared before Columbus Council Tuesday morning to appeal the budget cuts his department is being asked to make.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Fifty Years Ago Today, May 23, 1963

An estimated 26,300 city voters will be eligible to cast ballots in a special election June 5, to decide if Columbus will change from a five to a seven-man commission, including an elected mayor.

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OregonLive.com

CCC Softball Official Chosen to Work NAIA Final Site

Don Thompson is set to join a long list of CCC softball officials chosen to work the NAIA softball championships final site Thompson will travel to Columbus Georgia for the 2013 NAIA Softball Championships being held May 24-30. A resident of Salem, Thompson has been officiating collegiate softball for the past 10 years with this being his first ... (more)

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Aflac shuffles executives; Dan Amos and Kriss Cloninger to remain at least until age 70

Aflac said Wednesday it is shuffling key management positions and duties to strengthen the company, with the moves obviously setting up an eventual succession plan.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

'Austerity' education is bad policy

I need to hear more about the deliberations within the superintendent's cabinet that led to support for closing schools knowing it means larger class sizes.

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