Emma N. Hurt
Business Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Business reporter @ajc covering planes, trains and trucks. ✉️ [email protected]
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ajc.com | Mirtha Donastorg |Emma N. Hurt
It’s said Atlanta influences everything — from fashion to pop culture. But Atlanta is also the inspiration behind a little-known but important federal minority contracting program that has led to billions of dollars going to small businesses that may have otherwiseneverhad a bite at the apple.
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ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
The crippling air traffic control outages that Newark Liberty International Airport has been struggling with, on top of the fatal Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport midair collision in February, have put a harsh spotlight on the need to modernize the U.S. air traffic control system. “The system we have here is not worth saving,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in early May as he announced a proposed overhaul of the entire system.
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ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways is gearing up to launch Atlanta’s first nonstop route to Abu Dhabi next month. Although the airline, based in the United Arab Emirates, initially announced it would offer the route four times per week beginning July 2, early booking interest prompted it to move to daily service starting in November. Etihad already serves New York, Chicago, Boston and Washington, said Alpna Mathews, Etihad’s regional general manager for the Americas, the U.K. and Ireland.
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ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
0 minutes agoAthens-Clarke County’s Bear Hollow Zoo “humanely euthanized” a longtime resident American black bear named DJ on Friday, the zoo announced. DJ, estimated to be 22, first moved to Bear Hollow in 2005. He was diagnosed with spinal osteoarthritis in 2022, and later tests revealed severe intervertebral disc disease at his lower spine. He was also diagnosed with a heart condition in 2024, and both are “non-operable and incurable in bears,” the zoo said.
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ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
After several soggy days, metro Atlanta is having a weekend of sun. But winds blowing from the northwest — where the Canadian province of Manitoba is battling unprecedented wildfires — will also bring a smoky haze to Georgia. National Weather Service modeling shows it could reach as far south as LaGrange to Macon to Augusta.
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