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Georgia lawmakers weigh a 3-year pause on expansion permits for planned Okefenokee mine
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The sun sets over water lilies and cypress trees along the remote Red Trail wilderness water trail of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
SAVANNAH — As a proposed mine on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge nears final approval, Georgia lawmakers are considering a three-year pause on future permits to allow expansion of the mining project. Critics fear any such mining could irreparably harm a national treasure.
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'Mini-engineers' explore the world of robotics building
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Camp instructor Drew Herring helps campers Nash Bland, right, and Michael Welch. Bland, 8, attends Screven County Elementary, while Welch, 9, goes to Julia P. Bryant Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)
Georgia Southern University is holding its annual LEGO Robotics Rascals camp this week at the university's Continuing and Professional Education Center on Highway 301 South across from Ogeechee Technical College. Since Monday, the 7- to 10-year-old "mini-engineers" have been exploring the world of robotics-building, programming and problem-solving. They have been taking on challenges and experimenting with coding to build their own LEGO robots. The camp concludes Friday.
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