Augusta, GA
Augusta pharmacy is 1st to offer medical THC in CSRA
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – For years, some Georgians have had to drive hours to get their hands on the medicine they’ve been prescribed.
Medical cannabis is legal in the Peach State with a medical THC card but the access to that medicine has been hard to come by.
Now, access to the drug is as easy as going to a local pharmacist.
One of the first pharmacies in the state to stock their shelves is right here in Augusta.
“As long as you have your medical card, you can purchase the product here at a dispensary or at my pharmacy and it allows us to just make that transaction at the register,” said Vic Johnson, pharmacist at Living Well Pharmacy.
It’s a first for Johnson and Living Well Pharmacy.
“It’s an exciting time that pharmacies can be involved in actually helping people with a drug that really can change their lives, but then also be able to still know what they’re taking on their regular pharmaceutical medicines,” said Johnson.
There are nearly 50 pharmacies listed on the Georgia Department Of Community Health’s website that are licensed to dispense medical cannabis, but there’s only one in Augusta.
“We are able to dispense the medical grade THC products for a number of different illnesses,” said Johnson.
The Georgia Department of Public Health lists 21 illnesses like Crohn’s disease, arthritis, cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
“Pharmacists can know things about their current medication, even if they are not a member of that pharmacy. Certainly, we can ask them what their medications they’re on questions and help things that were not being asked in dispensaries,” said Johnson.
Johnson says there are more than 600 people with a medical card in Richmond County.
“If we can get a percentage of those people to come in, then it will add, you know, it could add 50% to my current business model,” he said.
Until now, many people were driving hours to get access to a product already prescribed to them.
“Wellbeing is something we call striving for. Nobody wants to be hurting as they age. Nobody wants to, you know, wake up every day and they’re afraid to go out of the house. Or the sleep disorders that this, this drug can help with people,” said Johnson.
On September 26, Living Well Pharmacy is hosting a card event where they’ll have doctors on site to help people learn if they are qualified to get a medical THC card and assist in the application process.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a wanted man.
35-year-old Oniel Gary Cameron is wanted for an incident that occurred on Bridgewater Drive in Augusta Thursday.
Authorities say his charges include:
- Cruelty to children 3rd Degree
- Criminal Damage to Property 1st Degree
- Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon
Cameron reportedly has warrants on file with RCSO and is known to drive a black Toyota Seqoia with a Georgia tag of D-E-E-8-6-7-2.
He is believed to be Armed and Dangerous.
Anyone that comes into contact with Cameron or has any information on his location is urged to call the Richmond County Sheriff’s office at 706-821-1020 or 706-821-1080.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Dr. Lori Myles says Augusta has been running without real accountability, and she wants to change that.
The former educator is one of four candidates running for Augusta-Richmond County mayor. Myles said the city’s most pressing issues are not new — they have just gone unaddressed.
“One of the things that I truly believe that the city of Augusta has gone through is that there was no accountability,” Myles said.
Myles has run for mayor before. She said her first days in office would be spent visiting each commissioner’s district to see what needs attention.
“I wanna go to their best places. I wanna see their dirt. I wanna see those things that need to be fixed in their parts. I wanna see the infrastructure of the city of Augusta, but yet, I wanna see the pride of Augusta in their districts,” Myles said.
Homelessness focus
Myles pointed to homelessness as one of Augusta’s overlooked issues.
“You’re dealing with different entities of homelessness. You’re dealing with them as far as mental health. You’re dealing with them as far as their children, as far as their children going to school. Imagine, and I’m about to quit, darling, but children having to sleep in tents at night behind these trees and then still go to school,” Myles said.
City department management
Myles also takes aim at how the city manages its departments.
“There should be a performance-based structure of leadership, a transformation that has a shared vision, a shared vision for not only the millennials, the, not only the, uh, what is it? Generation Z, but for everyone. It’s not a color, it’s not an option, it is all shall be able to have the best of Augusta in the best of Augusta,” Myles said.
Myles said if elected, she wants to bring Augusta’s city departments under one unified standard of accountability.
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VIDEO: Greek Festival returns downtown
The spring Greek Festival returns to downtown Augusta held this weekend.
Another downtown Augusta hotel is preparing to go vertical four years after the city approved the project.
Augusta has seen a spate of hotel construction and renovation recently. The former Sky City building on the 1100 block of Broad Street has been demolished to make way for an Embassy Suites. In November 2025, interior demolition began at the Ramada by Wyndham Augusta Downtown Hotel and Conference Center at 640 Broad St. to transform it into a distinctive Marriott property called The Conroy.
Now, subcontracting bids are being tendered to construct an extended-stay Residence Inn by Marriott at the corner of 13th and Walker streets. Plan holder Optum Construction of Gainesville, Ga., is accepting bids until 1 p.m. on May 13.
American Concrete successfully petitioned the city in 2022 for a zoning variance on the property to allow the hotel’s construction.
The land was sold in November 2022 to a limited-liability company associated with PeachState Hospitality. The Warner Robins-based company’s property portfolio includes the Residence Inn and the SpringHill Suites at 1110 and 1116 Marks Church Road, respectively, and the Fairfield Inn & Suites at 3023 1/2 Washington Road.
The 2-acre parcel of property shaped like a piece of pie was the former site of local business American Concrete, now on Wheeler Road.
The land had been an industrial site for much of the past century, as the longtime site of Perkins Lumber, then of paving contractor Southern Roadbuilders.
Now the property finds itself amid a downtown revitalization, including improved roads and riverside activities, such as a pedestrian bridge and a planned outdoor activity center featuring a zipline over the Savannah River. The future hotel would sit near downtown, the city’s bustling medical district, and a new entertainment complex taking the place of the former James Brown Arena.
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