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Columbus recertified as a 'City of Ethics' by municipal association

Columbus is one of 24 Georgia cities to be recertified as a “City of Ethics” by the Georgia Municipal Association, according to a GMA release.

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COLUMBUS GOVERNMENT BLOG

Mayor Teresa Tomlinson sets dates, sites for 2013 'Let's Talk' forums

Mayor Teresa Tomlinson will continue her quarterly public forums in 2013 with meetings at two local churches, a private school and the Springer Opera House, the city announced today.
COLUMBUS GOVERNMENT BLOG

Holidays will move Tuesday trash pickup to Wednesday

A holiday reminder: If you normally get your trash picked up on Tuesdays, it will be picked up on Wednesday for the next two weeks because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
COLUMBUS GOVERNMENT BLOG

Church bells to toll Friday to honor those killed at Sandy Hook

In response to a national request from the governor of Connecticut, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson is asking all houses of worship in Columbus to ring their bells 26 times Friday morning at 9:30 during a moment of silence honoring the 26 people who were killed in Newtown, Conn., last week.
COLUMBUS GOVERNMENT BLOG

Garbage pickup, other government services suspended for Veterans Day on Monday

The Columbus Consolidated Government will suspend or alter its operations on Monday in honor of Veterans Day.
ELECTIONS

Local election roundup: Who won and by how much?

Here are Tuesday night's local election result highlights at a glance.
ELECTIONS

Lee County Commissioner Gary Long re-elected

Lee County Commissioner Gary Long won re-election by a landslide margin on Tuesday.
ELECTIONS

L-E calls sheriff's race for incumbent John T. Darr

Muscogee County Sheriff John T. Darr cruised to re-election Tuesday, retaining the badge in a resounding victory over former Columbus police officer Mark LaJoye. The Democratic incumbent took about three-quarters of the vote, according to unofficial tallies that did not include absentee votes.
ELECTIONS

Ledger-Enquirer calls Sunday alcohol sales the winner in referendum

Columbus voters overwhelmingly approved Sunday package alcohol sales in Muscogee County on Tuesday night.
ELECTIONS

District Attorney Julia Slater beats challenger Mark Post

With an overwhelming lead in Columbus that her opponent could not overcome in majority-Republican counties of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, Julia Slater looked forward Tuesday to four more years as district attorney.
ELECTIONS

Economic uptick, Obama’s ability to define Romney key to re-election

Barack Obama wasn’t supposed to win re-election. The hope was gone, critics said, evaporated by endless partisan gridlock in Washington and a jobless rate that hovered above 8 percent for much of his first term.