The George W. Covington Memorial Library, also known as Hazlehurst Public Library, serves over 36,000 residents of the city of Hazlehurst and is part of the Copiah-Jefferson Regional Library System. The library maintains a collection of roughly 73,660 volumes, circulates 69,530 items per year, and offers services such as meeting rooms, internet services, printing, copying, scanning, and faxing.