March 2, 2025

Consumer Stories

Augusta on the list of new senior care medical centers

Humana and its senior-focused primary care brands, CenterWell Senior Primary Care and Conviva expect to add 20-30 clinics in 2025—including Augusta. Some will open inside Walmart locations—though it’s not clear if that will be the Augusta location. As of the end of 2024, the health organizations deliver care to approximately 390,000 seniors in more than 340 centers as of Dec. 31, 2024. The organization focuses on bringing quality, affordable, personalized care to seniors primarily in underserved communities and in areas without access to senior primary care. “With our expansion efforts,

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Consumer Stories

One furniture store replaces another

Last summer, Badcock Home Furniture & More announced it was closing all of its Georgia Stores. In the fall, the store in Washington’s Corner Shopping Center behind California Dreaming and Longhorn’s Steakhouse shuttered. In mid-December, the Augusta Furniture Outlet opened its place and has been heavily marketing on Facebook and its website with transparent pricing. The store is the size of some supermarkets in the CSRA and features a Living room, Dining Room, Bedroom, Mattress, Home Office, and Outdoor Furniture. Augusta Furniture Outlet is open Monday-Saturday, 10-8, and Sunday, 12-6.

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Consumer Stories

Combatting nursing shortages thanks to $11.5 million legal settlement

Progress is being made on two major construction projects at Aiken Technical College (ATC) on Jefferson Davis Highway. As part of an overall campus improvement plan, ATC is demolishing some of the old buildings, clearing the way for new construction. A location has now been selected for a new health sciences building. It will be a 30,000-square-foot facility to house the nursing program. “It’s going to be for our CNAs, LPNs, ADNs. And then the current health science building, which houses nursing, we can explore that space for renovations, whether

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