Georgia News

Anticipated weekend winds and a predicted shift in direction have prompted officials to issue Pre-Evacuation Notices for two dozen roads in and close to Rabun County as a result of the Rock Mountain Fire.

A wildfire burning in Towns and Rabun counties was active Thursday, growing by at least 1,000 acres, according to the incident commander.

Atlanta has now gone 30 consecutive days without rain for the first time in more than 50 years. Meanwhile, other cities in north Georgia, including Gainesville, are facing similar situations.

About 400 area residents turned out in Blue Ridge Tuesday night for an open house at the incident command post for the Rough Ridge Fire.

Improvements are coming to an intersection near Interstate 85 and Mill Creek High School in the northern portion of Gwinnett County.

Construction will bring a single lane closure to two roadways in Gwinnett and Jackson counties this week.

The City of Winder is getting a $9 million low-interest loan from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority for improvements to it water system.

Forest Service officials in North Carolina are investigating whether many of the wildfires burning in the western part of the state were caused by arson.

Unseasonably warm dry weather has deepened a drought in parts of the South being plagued by wildfires that are forcing people to flee homes in the Appalachian Mountains and blanketing north Georgia in a smoky haze.

Wildfires burning across the South have created a smoky haze as far south as parts of metro Atlanta and had settled over the Gainesville area by midday Thursday.