Fireworks explode in the background as the peach hits the bottom of the tower at Underground Atlanta to signal the beginning of 2000. (Associated Press file)
Associated Press file
Butterfly in the sky…
2024 in review…
In case you missed some of the excellent work from the WABE News team, here are some selected works that you might want to catch up on:
Also in this episode…
–Sam Gringlas reports on an uptick in state funding for higher education that has brought down the cost of attending Georgia’s public colleges and universities in recent years.
–DorMiya Vance has more on Atlanta officials spending millions to build two grocery stores in so-called food desert locations in the city.
–Chamian Cruz reports on the agency that regulates the certification process to become a police officer in Georgia will see several changes in the new year, starting with its leader.
–Crystal Edmondson tells us about a Virginia-based homebuilder set to build hundreds of houses in Gwinnett County to alleviate the supply crunch.
–Melissa Feito talks with the organizers of the returning Peach Drop this New Year’s Eve.
–Emily Wu Pearson reports from a Norcross senior center where an aging population of Vietnamese immigrants to Atlanta, many refugees to the U.S. after the Vietnam War, gather together every holiday to give, receive, and remember.
