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A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday, May 24, 2013. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water when a an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Three people were rescued from the water. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday declared a state of emergency in three counties around the bridge, saying that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel)
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards.
Transportation experts are also working to ...
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Thomas Osborne is planning to attend Jacksonville State University. (Lauren Jones / RN-T.com)
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When Thomas Osborne accepts his diploma and turns his tassel, becoming an alumnus of Pepperell High School on Saturday, it will be just another turning point in the long, harrowing road tha...
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A Cedartown woman wanted on a probation violation is now facing additional drug charges after police found cocaine on her when she was arrested, according to Floyd County Jail reports.
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Those who died in service of their country will be remembered this Memorial Day at Memorial Circle in Shannon. People will gather at noon Monday at the Brighton Monument to honor fallen America...
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Calhoun senior Nikki Bertuca (seated, second from left) signs a cheerleading scholarship with Shorter University (Rome, Ga.) on Monday.
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Calhoun senior Aaliyah Harris (seated, center) signs a cheerleading scholarship with Young Harris College (Young Harris, Ga.) on Monday. Harris will be a basketball and competition cheerleader there.
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Officers arrest 16 people during River Jam
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Spectators at the sixth annual Rome River Jam music festival at Ridge Ferry Park kept Rome police busy Saturday.
Reports from the Rome Police Department indicate that officers working detail at the...
City asks that Tennis Center of Georgia be part of SPLOST
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The task of forming a list of possible projects to be funded by a 1-cent special purpose, local option sales tax begins this week. Members of the Rome-Floyd SPLOST Citizens Advisory Committee will ...
Bittersweet reunion: Floyd County Education Center to permanently shut its doors Friday
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Jade Wells stood at the front of the lunch line Wednesday, serving food to students and alumni of the Floyd County Education Center at its farewell luncheon. Wells, 16, graduated last week from th...
Armuchee High, Rome High see graduation rates soar; all area high schools top state rate in a graduation report released Tuesday
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Rome and Floyd County schools all recorded graduation rates for 2012 above the state average, and most saw an increase from 2011, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Department o...
Poll: Georgians oppose campus guns; Isakson popularity at 50 percent
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ATLANTA — A majority of Georgians oppose allowing students who have concealed-weapons permits to carry guns on college campuses, according to a survey released Tuesday. The poll also shows half th...
Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
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ATLANTA (AP) — A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles the...
SPLOST committee gets proposed list
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