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Columbus, Ga., recorded its first nights in the 40s this fall, including a low of 43 degrees Tuesday, Oct. 20, after an unusually late start to the season's cooler weather. Now, 35 years of federal weather records show t...
By Mark G · Oct. 21, 2026
Thu, Oct 22 · 12:00 PM
Pink & Pearls Tea Party!
Frank Chester Senior Center
Thu, Oct 22 · 4:00 PM
Church’s Texas Chicken Hosts Trunk or Treat Party in Columbus & Giving Away Free Chicken for a Year
Church's Texas Chicken
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
Created in Columbus: Spotlighting Our Regional Creative Economy
The PATIO at Springer Opera House (Pierce Anderson Theatre in the Outdoors)
Sat, Oct 24 · 8:00 AM
Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection Day
Columbus Recycling and Sustainability Center
Sat, Oct 24 · 8:00 AM
Hazardous Household Waste Recycle Event
Recycling Center
Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
Aloha Fall Luau
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Columbus, Ga., experienced its largest recorded Chattahoochee River flood on March 15, 1929, when the river carried an e...
Oct. 21, 2026
The best-rated Mexican restaurant in Columbus, Ga., isn't a big sit-down cantina with a margarita menu. It's Taco's N Th...
Oct. 21, 2026
The typical Columbus household earns $58,073 a year, about $19,300 less than the typical Georgia household and $22,700 l...
Oct. 21, 2026
Eight Columbus-area restaurants have scored a C on a Georgia health inspection so far in 2026, twice as many as in all o...
Oct. 21, 2026
Living across the river in Phenix City, Ala., is cheaper than living in Columbus, Ga., on most measures: the typical hom...
Oct. 21, 2026
A week after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, the Civil War came to Columbus, Ga. On Easter Sunday, April 16, 18...
Oct. 21, 2026
Columbus, Ga., is still Georgia's second-largest city, but only by 172 people. The U.S. Census Bureau's newest estimate...
Oct. 20, 2026
The Columbus Museum is giving Chattahoochee Valley residents two reasons to visit before October ends, with a free famil...
Oct. 20, 2026
The average Columbus worker spends 20.9 minutes getting to work, about 7 minutes less than the typical Georgian and 5½ m...
Oct. 20, 2026
Scoring a 100 on one health inspection is good. Scoring 100 on every inspection for nearly five years is rare. Columbus...
Oct. 20, 2026
Georgia anglers will have five specially managed trout streams to fish beginning November 1, when the state’s delayed ha...
Oct. 20, 2026
America’s housing market is showing new signs of weakness as mortgage rates climb and homebuilders struggle to attract b...
Oct. 19, 2026
First-time homebuyers in Columbus, Ga., can get up to $49,999 toward a down payment through the city's Sweet Home Columb...
Oct. 19, 2026
Earning $100,000 a year used to represent a major financial milestone for American workers. It suggested a comfortable h...
Oct. 19, 2026
Columbus has something many Georgia cities would love to have: a major riverfront, relatively affordable housing, establ...
Oct. 19, 2026
By age 40, some people discover something surprising about their social lives: They have plenty of acquaintances, cowork...
Oct. 19, 2026
For decades, Americans were encouraged to earn college degrees and pursue office jobs as a pathway to financial security...
Oct. 19, 2026
Every week, garbage trucks travel through Columbus neighborhoods collecting thousands of bags of household trash. Once t...
Oct. 19, 2026
Who actually owns Columbus, Georgia? Beyond the thousands of homeowners and small businesses scattered throughout Muscog...
Oct. 19, 2026
The death of a parent is often expected to bring brothers and sisters closer together. After all, siblings share childho...
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Columbus, Ga., has voted Democratic for president in nine consecutive elections since 1992, after vo...
Columbus voters heading to the polls November 3 will help decide who represents the region in the Ge...
3,466 people in Columbus had already voted in the Nov. 3 general election after the first day of ear...
Hispanic Heritage Month runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, and there's still time to celebrate the Latin...
Columbus and Phenix City residents came together Saturday morning for the 5th annual Tri-City Latino...
