Press Releases

The DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 14, at 6 p.m. at 2000 Airport Rd., Room 227, Atlanta, Ga. 30341. The public also can attend the meeting virtually at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/84958022051 or via phone by calling 602-333-0032 and using the conference code 482992.

DeKalb County Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. The meeting will be held at Darro C. Willey–Administrative Center, 3560 Kensington Rd., Decatur, GA 30032. The meeting will also be livestreamed. To receive a link to the livestream, contact weissingera@dekalblibrary.org no later than Monday, Oct. 14 at noon.

DeKalb County Cooperative Extension will host lunch and learn Family and Consumer Sciences virtual classes for free. The “Preparing For the Holidays: Your Fiscal Wellness” class will be on October 14 at 11:30 a.m. This class will discuss basic financial planning for the upcoming holiday season, different types of budgets, and tips on saving.

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners are sending 5,000 boxes of food and emergency supplies to Augusta, Ga., to support the region’s Hurricane Helene recovery efforts. The emergency assistance results from a mutual aid agreement signed by CEO Thurmond and Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson on Oct. 2. “DeKalb County is honored to support Mayor Johnson and our neighbors in Augusta who are struggling to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene,” CEO Thurmond said.

(ATLANTA) – The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), in coordination with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), continue to monitor air quality levels as weather patterns change throughout the Atlanta metro area through the week. EPA, Georgia EPD, and local officials will have the Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer (TAGA), which is a self-contained mobile laboratory capable of real-time monitoring of outdoor air or emissions.