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Grand Opening for Retailer with Second Store in the CSRA

A home furnishings store is now covered on both sides of the Savannah River. According to the store manager of Ken’s store at 944 Dougherty Road in Aiken, the new Grovetown store opens this weekend. The new store is in the former Babcock Furniture Store on Wrightsboro Road near Ace Hardware, Horizon South Parkway, and Forrest Plaza. There’s plenty of parking available on the three-plus-acre lot. Ken’s will feature discounted furniture and bedding for all rooms in a 16,000-square-foot showroom. Jordan Trotter Commercial Real Estate handled the leasing.

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Neil Gordon September 4, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

28,000-square-foot store opening in the Augusta Mall

Primark, a value-based international fashion retailer, is opening a week from today, September 10th in the former Sears location in the Augusta Mall.    Primark will have both a mall entrance and an exterior entrance. Sears closed in the first half of 2020 during the pandemic. Opening festivities will kick off at 12 pm on September 10. There will be a live DJ, local treats, and giveaways, first come, first served.  The Augusta store is one of two to open next week in Georgia, as Primark will also open in Lawrenceville.

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Neil Gordon September 3, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Progress for Augusta’s new entertainment complex

A milestone has been reached in the construction of a new arena for the Augusta Entertainment Complex (AEC). A standing-room-only crowd gathered under a tent in the 7th Street parking lot for the topping-off ceremony. That is a construction industry tradition when the highest structural piece is placed at the top of the building. “The new Augusta arena is on time and on budget,” Brad Usry, chairman of the Coliseum Authority’s construction subcommittee, announced to the crowd.  Usry talked about the difficult road to building the arena and doubters who

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 2, 2026 No Comments
B2B Stories

Large layoff at CSRA Manufacturer while renovations get underway

183 skilled workers in food manufacturing will be out of a job as soon as November, while their employer tears down a portion of the plant and rebuilds. All will be able to file for unemployment insurance. FPL Food LLC announced yesterday its plan to modernize its 22-year-old beef processing facility at 1301 Old Savannah Road in Augusta. According to a news release, full operations are not expected to resume until early 2028. Cal Wray, President of the Augusta Economic Development Authority, met with the FPL Food CEO and founder

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Neil Gordon September 1, 2026 No Comments
B2B Stories

DREAMS come true at Augusta University

Dozens of students at Augusta University (AU) have been awarded a scholarship just created by the state.  In total, up to $200,000 is being doled out to make life easier while carving out a career path. The DREAMS Scholarship is provided statewide. It is a need-based financial boost for students in the University System of Georgia (USG) and the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). More than 440 AU students applied, and 69 were selected. The news release announcing the awards quoted Gov. Brian Kemp (R), who introduced the program.

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 31, 2026 No Comments
Awards/Celebrations

Prestigious Finance Media Brand Honors Credit Union

SRP Federal Credit Union’s philosophy is “People Helping People” in our communities. News travels fast outside of Georgia and South Carolina.  Forbes named SRPFU to its 2026 America’s Best-in-State (Georgia) Credit Unions list. Forbes is in partnership with Statista, a leading global provider of market data and industry rankings, and based their report on an independent survey of thousands of U.S. consumers, as well as publicly available reviews.  Financial institutions are evaluated based on key criteria including; customer satisfaction, trust, financial advice, digital services, terms and conditions, and member service.

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Neil Gordon August 28, 2026 No Comments
B2B Stories

Growing pains at Augusta Regional

Parking has become a challenge at Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) during a project to ultimately increase available spaces. Long-term Parking Lot A is closed for up to three months. It is part of a rehabilitation project that will increase parking capacity by 50 spaces. In the meantime, however, it means a loss of 350 spaces in the airport’s already crowded lots. Travelers get a heads-up as soon as they check the AGS website. “We do have some overflow lots identified, and so you can see the maps,” Airport Executive Director

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 28, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA Aviation industry takes off with help of non-profit

Another class of this year’s Aviation Academy is one step closer to working in the aircraft space in the CSRA. The six-week Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta summer program takes students out of the classroom and into the field to learn about careers in aviation beyond pilot or flight attendant.  “They toured Daniel Field. They toured the hangars. They spoke to the people who do the jobs, the people that fly, the people that do the maintenance techs, the people that do the scheduling,” Andrew Conner, the club’s

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 27, 2026 No Comments
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CSRA politician and timing of Legislative Audit that affects taxpayer money

The ball is in the South Carolina State House’s court following Gov. Henry McMaster’s line item veto announcements. The fiscal year 2026-2027 budget totals $15 billion. McMaster vetoed 14 line items, including one funding the Youth Challenge program, which closed in June. Most of the remainder had been addressed in other legislation. One veto of significance dealt with a pledge for construction of the Scout Motors, a Volkswagen subsidiary that produces electric vehicles, facility in Richland County. Construction work on the $2 billion production center began in 2024. State Senator

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 26, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Simon Says: CSRA home construction going “through the roof”

Construction permits to build homes in Augusta are at a 15-month high! Residential construction permits in June increased slightly and are at the highest level since March 2025. More than 300 permits have been pulled each month since February 2026, compared to just 4 months over the whole of 2025.  Other indicators had a positive June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average continued its climb on the back of strong quarterly profits for firms. Inflation in the South declined to 3.2% from 3.9% in May despite higher oil and gas prices. 

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Hull College of Business Economics Professor August 25, 2026 No Comments
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