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ALBANY, Ga. - Vice President Mike Pence is visiting southwest Georgia today where he is surveying storm damage from Hurricane Michael, a day after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump did the same thing.
As many families are still recovering from Hurricane Michael, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers traveled from Savannah and Virginia to assist with temporary emergency power for critical wastewater plants and lift stations in Albany. The group is here all week assessing what lift stations will need generators to keep waste flowing.
State Sen. Hunter Hill, who is among six Republicans vying for departing Gov. Nathan Deal's seat in the May 22 primary, brought his campaign to Albany Friday. A former Army Ranger, Hill served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Opponents of an underground natural gas pipeline that runs through Southwest Georgia claim victory in a federal court order this week. In a 2 to 1 ruling Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with the Sierra Club, an environmental group, that the assessment of an environmental impact study on the Sabal Trail pipeline was "inadequate."
People stop to take a photo of a gas station damaged by an apparent tornado, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Albany, Ga. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in several counties, including Cook, that have suffered deaths, injuries and severe damage from weekend storms.