Hinesville has record number of jobs in November

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said that Hinesville set another record in November for total jobs. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell. Hinesville maintained annual growth in all critical measures across the two-county metropolitan statistical area...

Logistics program prepares for moving careers

Students in the Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University who are pursuing careers in logistics and intermodal transportation (LIT) are being prepared for and connected to careers in a program that is recognized by the Intermodal Association of North...

Georgia Southern Impacts Area Economy

Report estimates footprint at more than $1 billion A recent report says Georgia Southern University has an annual economic impact of just more than $1 billion on the region. The report, which was released last week, says Statesboro-based school is part of the...

Port Authority OKs $92M rail Expansion

SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 17, 2018 – The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) moved 375,833 Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit containers (TEUs) in August, an 8 percent increase over August 2017.  In addition, the GPA handled 86,200 intermodal TEUs, a 33 percent jump. “A strengthening...

Liberty Attracts Young Adults

Liberty County is ranked eighth in a list of 40 U.S. counties that draw young people compiled by 247wallstreet.com. The list, released Aug. 28, was compiled from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and was based on the number of 25 to 34-year-olds who moved...

GSU report upbeat on economy

Georgia Southern University’s latest Economic Monitor, which analyzes data and identifies trends affecting the regional economy, reports that the Savannah metro economy ticked up modestly despite Winter Storm Grayson, which blanketed the area in heavy snow and ice...