Georgia News

Fifty years ago, Helen was a dying former lumber town but then a group of men developed a vision to convert the White County city into something that would get drivers on Ga. 75 out of their cars.

Drought conditions across north Georgia are expected to worsen this week and the late-summer/early-fall early-fall heatwave is expected to continue.

Several Gainesville area law enforcement agencies are among 23 in the state that are recipients of this year's Governor's Challenge Awards.

The only undeveloped exit between Atlanta and Greenville, S.C., on Interstate 85 soon will be home to a new industry in Banks County.

The Habersham County Commission is moving forward with agreements that set up the eventual acquisition of Habersham Medical Center by Northeast Georgia Health System by 2025.

An adult and two juveniles face a total of 90 juvenile complaint charges and 45 arrest warrants for a string of entering autos and vehicle thefts in Habersham County late last month.

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland announces the arrest of a Lavonia man for Level III trafficking of methamphetamine after a 47-pound package of meth made into candles was mailed to a Lavonia home from Mexico.

Two Gainesville men and two other northeast Georgians are among 66 members of a task force Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed that he says will ensure every Georgians is counted in next year's Census.

The City of Helen is taking back its loading zones for their intended use, but that means horse-and-buggy operators will have to find a new area to pick up and drop off passengers.

Motorists in Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin, Union and White counties should build extra time into their Sunday drives as hundreds of patriotic motorcyclists make their way through the area for a 9/11 memorial ride.