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Orlando Montoya's coverage primarily encompasses crime, government and politics in Georgia, with a focus on local developments. He frequently reports on breaking news as well as evolving stories related to arrests, government announcements, and political events.
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By: Orlando Montoya
Atlanta-area motorists dodged a traffic tangle last week but probably won’t be able to avoid it again this weekend. Rain delayed construction and a planned full weekend closure of one of the region’s most-traveled corridors on Mother’s Day weekend.
By: Orlando Montoya
How do you write a memoir when large chunks of your memory have been obliterated? Georgia writer Carrie Neville underwent the frightening process of electroconvulsive therapy to cure her crippling anorexia, addiction and suicidal thoughts, but it instead made a chaotic, fractious mush of her memory. Her harrowing but ultimately hopeful memoir is Momma May Be Mad.
By: Peter Biello, Orlando Montoya
Poet Sean Hill joins Narrative Edge to discuss his collection The Negroes Send Their Love: Poems, Perspectives, and Possible Futures. In this conversation, Hill reflects on race, memory, fatherhood, and Afrofuturism while exploring how poetry, prose, and speculative storytelling can work together in a single collection. From Georgia history to imagined futures, this episode examines how literature creates space for feeling, reflection, and hope.
By: Orlando Montoya
Two justices on the Georgia Supreme Court successfully pushed back unusually strong challengers to win reelection on Tuesday.
By: Orlando Montoya
The U.S. Department of Education wants to increase competition in the realm of college and university accreditation. This summer, a new agency could be the first to come in a shakeup of the business of accreditation.
By: Orlando Montoya
The U.S. Department of Education wants to increase competition in the realm of college and university accreditation. This summer, a new agency could be the first to come in a shakeup of the business of accreditation.
By: Orlando Montoya, Peter Biello
This episode of Narrative Edge explores Leave Your Mess at Home, the debut novel from Atlanta-based author Tolani Akinola. Peter Biello and Orlando Montoya unpack the book’s layered story of a Nigerian American family in Chicago as they navigate estrangement, identity, immigration, romance, sexuality, and generational pressures. From a tense Thanksgiving reunion to questions about what families owe one another, this conversation explores why the novel resonates with readers seeking emotionally charged contemporary fiction.
By: Orlando Montoya
(GPB News) - The U.S. Department of Education wants to increase competition in the realm of college and university accreditation.
By: Khari J. Sampson
Caption Scaffolding for construction of a planned skybridge stands along the northern side of the Georgia Capitol building in late spring 2026.
By: Orlando Montoya
The Georgia Forestry Commission says two wildfires that burned for more than a month in South Georgia earlier this spring cost the state $35 million.
