Thursday, May 23 2013 7:43 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:43:51 GMT
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line. One of the waterMore >>
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:37 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:37:04 GMT
Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student. Ernest Nelson recently walked with the rest ofMore >>
Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:05 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:05:04 GMT
Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storageMore >>
Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storageMore >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:55 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:55:13 GMT
Len Dorminey, Heritage Financial Group President
The president and C.E.O. of Heritage Financial Group said the economy is improving. Thursday, Len Dorminey spoke at the Rotary Club Meeting at Doublegate Country Club about the financial market. HeMore >>
The president and C.E.O. of Heritage Financial Group said the economy is improving. Thursday, Len Dorminey spoke at the Rotary Club Meeting at Doublegate Country Club about the financial market.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:49 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:49:49 GMT
Thursday night an Oklahoma tornado victim making her way to Florida stopped in Valdosta after she heard on the radio the American Red Cross was fundraising in the streets. Red Cross volunteers set upMore >>
Thursday night an Oklahoma tornado victim making her way to Florida stopped in Valdosta after she heard on the radio the American Red Cross was fundraising in the streets. More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Despite a community push for Darton College to become a four-year school, the University System Chancellor says it's not going to happen.
Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Junior got a lot of questions on that issue Thursday during an annual visit to Darton College. Davis discussed the topic at length during a lunch with community leaders. Darton estimates it would cost approximately $368,000 a year to run a bachelor's degree program in nursing. Supporters suggest nursing as a pilot 4-year program.
Davis admits there is a need for more nursing programs, but he says there's no money for major expansions.
"You have to consider the economic times that we're in where were are in fact being put under legislative pressure to contract our system not expand it. We have put baccalaureate programs at half of our access institutions, 8 of our 16 institutions," said Davis.
A group called Citizens for Economic Development set up a booth at the Exchange Club Fair. They're urging people to sign a petition asking the Board of Regents to consider the bachelor's degree program. The group says if money is the issue, they'll raise it themselves.
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