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State loan to pay for Landfill storage cell
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Staff Report
Updated: Jun 25, 2010, 4:30 AM
Published: Jun 24, 2010, 9:18 PM
Construction for the expansion of the Newton County landfill is expected to begin within the next month, as the county seeks to add enough capacity to last for the next decade.In April, the Newton County Board of Commissioners approved a $3.57 million bid from Glover Construction Company for the construction of a third solid waste cell at the Lower River Road landfill.In order to pay for the expansion, the county applied for a low-interest loan from the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority. On Tuesday, GEFA announced Newton County had received a 20-year, $3 million loan for 2010 at a
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April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
Newton County Sheriff Car---WEB
Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.