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Columbia County launches County Compass podcast to give residents direct updates after Hurricane Helene
Summary
County Manager Scott Johnson launched County Compass, a weekly podcast to deliver factual, unfiltered county news after Hurricane Helene highlighted gaps in emergency communications; he denied a viral rumor that the county sold large amounts of land to a private developer and explained how land disposition and zoning actually work.
County Manager Scott Johnson launched Columbia County’s new podcast, County Compass, in an introductory episode that recounted the county’s response to Hurricane Helene and pledged to deliver ‘‘straight from the source’’ information to residents.
Johnson said the county learned during the storm that residents were ‘‘starving for information’’ and that traditional channels were insufficient while outages were widespread. ‘‘Over 99% of our residents were without power,’’ he said, describing long outages and heavy cleanup costs. Johnson said he personally went 14 days without power and credited roads-and-bridges crews and other county employees with making the county’s roads passable by the…
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