Augusta, GA

Sunscreen dispensers placed around Augusta to combat skin cancer

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11 months ago

May 6, 2025

Sunscreen dispensers placed around Augusta to combat skin cancer

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – As summer is coming up, local leaders are stressing the importance of sunscreen.

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and the Sun Safe Team from the Georgia Cancer Center, along with the Augusta Canal Authority and others are installing sunscreen dispensers around Augusta.

The first of five dispensers was unveiled Monday at Enterprise Mill.

“I just want to change our culture towards sun protection in the southeast and I feel like this is a start to it if we can remind people to do the things they love every day,” Mitchell Hanson, a student at the Medical College of Georgia and the mastermind behind the project, says. “Being on trails and providing them the resources to do it for free.”

The organizers say melanoma is on the rise in Richmond County and the Georgia Cancer Center is looking to put a stop to it.

Unite in the Fight Against Caner provided funding, and IMPACT Melanoma was the inspiration for the initiative.

To learn more about Sun Safe Augusta and the Georgia Cancer Center head to their Facebook.

You can learn more about Unite in the Fight Against Cancer here.

Information on IMPACT Melanoma can be found here.

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Local group holds 4th annual walk against autism

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6 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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Local group holds 4th annual walk against autism

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – April is Autism Awareness Month, and one local group raised awareness with a walk in Augusta on Sunday.

The fourth annual autism walk was hosted by Moving Over Mountains Against autism at Lake Olmstead Park.

All proceeds from the walk support autism awareness initiatives.

We spoke with the CEO and founder of the group, Deidre Roberson, who said this year they are dedicating the walk to their photographer, who died recently.

Roberson told us what she looks forward to the most.

“I look most forward to seeing the different people every year. We always meet different people, new people, and they come from all over the CSRA, so Washington, Wilkes, Carolina,” she said.

There were also several vendors providing resources to families.

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

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18 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Augusta University baseball is in a three-game series matchup against the University of North Georgia.

AU is currently down in the series 0-2 after a close loss Friday and a loss Saturday.

But we aren’t focusing on the Jags, we’re going to take a look at North Georgia’s head coach, Nolan Belcher.

He is an Augusta native who began his career at Greenbrier and Augusta Christian.

He won three state championships, which then led him to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

There he won back-to-back national championships and finished runner up in 2012.

His coaching career began after that where he eventually joined the Peach belt Confrence, coaching at USCA and GCSU.

Now in his first season as head coach for the Nighthawks, he is happy to come home and coach in front of his friends and family.

“I’m very fortunate that I got family that, one is still around and they can come watch me do what I love. And, they’ve shown me, nothing but support throughout my whole coaching career and even back on my playing dates are very thankful and appreciative for everything they’ve done for me.”

AU and UNG will have their final series match on Sunday.

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