Atlanta authorities are reminding residents that Howell Mill Road will be temporarily closed to traffic between Huff Road and 17th Street for a Georgia Power transmission line replacement project, which involves large cranes and bucket trucks. The stretch of Howell Mill, a major corridor in west Atlanta, will be closed Wednesday, March 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. Uniformed officers will be on site to help with detours.

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Corbin Spencer, right, field director of New Georgia Project and volunteer Rodney King, left, help Rueke Uyunwa register to vote. The influential group is shutting down after more than a decade. (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2017)

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