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Program helps Decatur residents save on energy bill

Chris Smith, who lives in a nearly 100-year-old home in Decatur, said that he was a little embarrassed to admit the amount of money he spent on natural gas and electricity this past winter. Smith, who works from home, said that some months he and his...

DeKalb School Board approves $475 million construction list

The DeKalb County School Board voted June 6 to approve the $475 million list of items for the Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax (SPLOST) construction projects. Now, voters must approve the list in November, which would be funded by an added 1 p...

$20 million to help first-time home buyers

From left, Ed Jennings, southeast regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and DeKalb commissioners Stan Watson and Larry Johnson hold advertisements that promote the county’s Get Home Now! initiative to help first-time home buyers. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Charles Johnson of Ellenwood soon will be a first-time homeowner thanks to a new DeKalb County program that has allocated $20 million to help potential buyers with credit challenges to purchase a home. “I did not know anything about a home,” John...