A place like Sapelo Island includes Hogg Hummock, the last intact Gullah Geechee community in the Sea Islands of Georgia, with a lineage for some families that goes back more than 10 generations.

Sitting near the middle of Georgia‘s 100-mile coast, Sapelo is the state’s fourth-largest barrier island, but one of its least-developed. The island is reachable only by boat.

Daisy Hicks watched in horror as the gangway she was waiting to cross collapsed on Sapelo Island. Hicks was on a trip with her senior traveling club. Saturday started as a joyous day for Daisy ...

Researchers with Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute sighted a North Atlantic right whale mom and calf on Dec. 1. five miles off Sapelo Island, GA. Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research ...

None of the victims were Sapelo Island residents, Rabon said. The following people were confirmed dead: Jacqueline Crews Carter, 75, Jacksonville; Cynthia Gibbs, 74, Jacksonville; ...