THOMASVILLE, Ga. - Thomas County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on multiple drug charges after it was discovered that he was using a pill press to make fake Xanax, according to WALB. According to the…
FEMA grants Georgia $818.5 Million
The GA Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency recently announced that Georgia has received approval for an $818.5 Milllion grant from FEMA. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is granting these funds in connection with the Lost…
GEMA replies to AJC’s COVID-19 Open Records complaint
Release: GEMA/HS Responds to AJC Article on Open Records Requests AUGUST 14, 2020 (ATLANTA) – Today, the Atlanta Journal Constitution published an article by staff writer David Wickert, implying that the Georgia Emergency Management and…
$250K in emergency funds devoted to UGA students…
VALDOSTA, Ga.— University of Georgia President Jere Morehead devoted an extra $250,000 into two separate funds that support students in times of unforeseen financial difficulty. The funds donated to includes Undergraduate Student Emergency Fund ($150K)…
State of GA and UPS partner to deliver…
Release: Georgia Partners with UPS to Deliver PPE Statewide Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) is leveraging an existing state contract with Georgia-based UPS to…
$20 Billion provided to small business through SBA…
Release: SBA Provided $20 Billion to Small Businesses and Non-Profits Through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance Program WASHINGTON— On July 11, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the conclusion and success of the Economic Injury Disaster…
Kemp extends State of Emergency to July 12
Atlanta, GA – At 4 PM today, Governor Brian Kemp, Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Adjutant General Tom Carden, and Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Director Homer Bryson gave an…
Weekly COVID-19 Supply Shipments to be Made to…
Release: GEMA/HS Coordinates Weekly Receipt of COVID-19 Testing Supply Shipments from FEMA MAY 08, 2020 (ATLANTA) – To further strengthen the State of Georgia’s COVID-19 testing, on May 8, the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland…
Red Cross Responds to Severe Weather in Georgia
Release: Red Cross Transitions Georgia Storm Relief Operation This Week Disaster services still available in local communities Atlanta, May 4, 2020 — As if the challenges of a coronavirus pandemic weren’t enough, some 200 Georgia…