Drought-stricken Georgia, eyeing Tennessee River, revives old border feud
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State lawmakers seek to move part of Georgia's border one mile north into Tennessee.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 10--Cabarrus County leaders say they are still reeling from a heated public debate over whether the state should allow Concord and Kannapolis to draw water from the Catawba River.
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By Sean Rose, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  May 27--A dam is in need of repair and there's less water for boating, but for Kentucky geologists, a 40-foot drop in the water level at Lake Cumberland is just fine.
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Neighbors are turning in neighbors for violating water restrictions, farmers are jittery about crops and churchgoers are praying for rain as Georgia suffers through one of its worst droughts in decades.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 6--A meeting Thursday on a plan to take millions of gallons of water a day out of the Catawba River basin is shaping up as a contest to see which side can turn out a bigger crowd.
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The state of Georgia, stricken by months of drought, confirmed Friday that it will sue the Army Corps of Engineers.
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While the south-east of Australia has gone through years of drought, new research shows the rest of the country including the centre, is getting wetter.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Bob Rawlins raises his cattle and cultivates his crops far away from where a battle over the state's water supply could break out next year, but he knows the fallout could affect him and fellow farmers far into the future.
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Contaminants ranging from farm runoff to the bug repellent DEET are putting pressure on some of the most pristine rivers in the southern U.S.
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By Mike McCormick; Vicky Eckenrode< Morris News Service  ATLANTA - A dry winter coupled with record high temperatures has resulted in a  nationwide drought that's left farmers and water officials praying for rain.
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Carolyn Roberts was ready for heavy wind and rain as the remnants of Hurricane Ivan approached northwest Georgia, but she didn&#39;t anticipate storm-driven sticker shock at the gas pump.
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Nearly two centuries after a flawed survey placed Georgia's northern line just short of the Tennessee River, some legislators are suddenly thirsting to set the record straight.
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By MELODIE N MARTIN  The public will receive an update and have opportunities to ask questions this evening regarding plans to repair a dam on the Chickahominy River that was breached last month.
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By ELLIOTT MINOR  TIFTON, Ga. - The cotton industry is concerned about the discovery of a herbicide-resistant weed that spreads easily, can grow an inch a day even during droughts and could force farmers to return to older growing methods that were harsher on the environment.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia warned yesterday that its plans to close military bases in Georgia were in doubt, and Georgia said Russia was moving troops near their shared border, as relations between the countries deteriorated in one of their worst crises since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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By HARDIE, Anne  Farmers are often blamed for polluting the waterways, but along the Sherry River they're banding together to improve the environment and the image of farming. Anne Hardie talks with a group that is focused on cleaning up its river.
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WHITING, Ind. -- A proposal to allow BP to greatly increase the amount of pollutants it discharges into Lake Michigan from its refinery here has prompted a bitter war of words between officials in Illinois and Indiana.