Highway 80 is the main road connecting Tybee Island to the mainland. The road often closes due to flooding. “The road does flood more and more every year. So it is a primary concern,” said Tybee ...

Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee ...

At stake are voting rights and zoning changes that threaten to lead to displacement of the Gullah Geechee community.

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - Tybee Island officials provided updates as Orange Crush began Saturday morning.

A Sapelo Island community of Gullah-Geechee descendants are awaiting a Georgia Supreme Court decision in long-running rezoning case.

This Georgia Case Could Decide the Future of Gullah Geechee Land on Sapelo Island Aallyah Wright, Ann Hill Bond and Dante Miller Thu, April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM UTC ...

Residents of Sapelo Island's Hogg Hummock community are challenging 2023 zoning amendments that allow larger homes, fearing it will lead to increased property taxes and displacement. The Georgia ...

It's among a dwindling number of small communities started by emancipated island slaves — known collectively as Gullah, or Geechee in Georgia — scattered along the coast from North Carolina to ...

(AP) — Georgia’s highest court waded Wednesday ... Residents of largely unspoiled Sapelo Island have been trying to roll back zoning changes imposed by McIntosh County officials that doubled ...