The McIntosh County Commission on Friday extended by 90 days its moratorium on building in the Gullah Geechee enclave of Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a win for Black landowners, Georgia’s highest court unanimously sided with Gullah Geechee communities in a long-standing zoning ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Voters in a coastal Georgia county Tuesday rejected an ordinance allowing large homes on remote Sapelo Island, where Black landowners feared the change could saddle them with ...

2 days after voters repealed a controversial 2023 zoning change by referendum, commissioners push for rules to limit development on Georgia barrier island. A house stands in the Hogg Hummock community ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s highest court handed the residents of Sapelo Island a legal victory, allowing a referendum to limit zoning changes on the island to head to a vote. According to a judge’s order ...

MCINTOSH COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - The legal battle over zoning on Sapelo Island has made its way to the Georgia State Supreme Court. The court held oral arguments in the three cases dealing with zoning ...

SAPELO ISLAND, GA — The state’s highest court has ruled a vote can move forward that would regulate the size of new development on Georgia’s Sapelo Island. Gullah Geechee residents on Sapelo Island ...

Seven people are dead and half a dozen others were critically injured after a gangway that's part of a ferry dock collapsed on Sapelo Island, Georgia, on Saturday. Georgia's Department of Natural ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Voters in a coastal Georgia county will decide Tuesday whether large homes should be allowed on remote Sapelo Island, where Black landowners fear the change could saddle them with ...