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Yesterday | WTOC-TV Savannah

Start of KIA production to have ripple effect

The West Point KIA plant has built up a workforce of 1,200 employees from both Georgia and Alabama.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Weekly

Isakson Urges Support for United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Isakson Urges Support for United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Also Praises Kia Investment in Georgia WASHINGTON - Citing the benefits to the state of Georgia and the nation, U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voiced his support for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement as President Obama met with South Korean President Lee ...

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The Birmingham News

Kia officially kicks off production in Georgia

The first production Sorento SUV, a 2011 model, rolls off the assembly line at Kia's new Georgia auto plant on Monday.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Mimosa arrest hearing postponed again

The hearing on the charges against a West Point, Ga., city councilwoman who authorities allege illegally served alcoholic beverages at a bridal shop she owns in Columbus was postponed Tuesday for a second time.

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IndustryWeek

Kia's First U.S. Plant Begins Production

Kia Motors, South Korea's second-largest automaker, said on Nov. 17 it had begun production at its first plant in the United States.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

CBS 46

West Point Celebrates First Locally-Built Kia

As the first 2011 Kia Sorento rolled off the assembly line Monday, the impact was felt a couple of miles away in downtown West Point.

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LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

Attorney says West Point official innocent; councilwoman faces misdemeanor alcohol charges

A West Point city councilwoman was to go before a Columbus judge today after being arrested on misdemeanor charges of serving alcohol without a license.

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The Auto Channel

Kia Motors' First U.S. Manufacturing Plant Starts Production in West Point, Ga - Video Enhanced

November 16, 2009: The first U.S. built Kia vehicle, a white 2011 MY Sorento CUV, rolled off the production line today at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia , officially opening the first U.S. Kia Motors plant.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

FoxNews.com

KIA Boosts Jobs in Ga.

The first Sorento mini-SUVs are rolling off the assembly line at the new KIA motors plant in West Point, GA.

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WXIA-TV Atlanta

New Kia Plant Bringing Growth To West Point

The ceremonial first cars rolled off the assembly line at automaker Kia's new plant in West Point, Ga., Monday.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

WSB-AM Atlanta

West Point Kia Offers Jobs, Hope

A resurgence of jobs and of hope. West Point, Georgia, was once known around the world for its textile industry.

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WSAV

Kia Plant Will Bring Jobs To Ala., Ga.

Kia's new auto assembly plant in western Georgia is bringing pockets of prosperity to communities across Alabama and reinvigorating an eastern swath of the state that's suffered heavy textile industry losses.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Left Lane News

First Drive: 2011 Kia Sorento [Review]

West Point, Georgia, is rising again like a Phoenix from the ashes. Only now, this dot on the map on the border with Alabama is dealing with hardware, instead of the soft goods it once produced.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

West Ga SHRM General M...

Since 1860 LaGrange Daily News has been deliverying the news that's important to LaGrange and Troup County.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

Ceremonies, lunch planned for veterans

Veterans across Troup County will hold ceremonies in LaGrange and Hogansville on Wednesday, and other events are planned this month to honor veterans.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

3,000 search for job opportunities at Fountain City Classic job fair

Tennille Brooks has been out of work about a year and making ends meet with a "prayer." On Friday, she was at the Fountain City Classic Career Expo and Job Fair in Columbus, using a computer to fill out an application for a $14-an-hour production job at the Kia auto plant in West Point, Ga.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kia to hire additional 1,200 workers

West Point, Ga. Kia Motors, which began making Sorento cross-over vehicles last month, announced Tuesday it will hire another 1,200 factory workers for a second production line.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

Elections on tap Tuesday

Voters go to the polls Tuesday for municipal elections in West Point and Hogansville, and a special election for the District 129 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

Search on a " finally a " for new West Point chief

West Point City Council has begun advertising for a new police chief, five months after current Chief David Kerr announced his retirement.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kia set to rev image, sales

Terry Laughridge remembers the early days of Kia in Georgia, when customers walked into his showroom in Blue Ridge in 1995 and he and his salesmen said silent prayers.

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