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The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that the unemployment rate in the Northeast Georgia region in June was 6.2 percent, up three-tenths of a percentage point from 5.9 percent in May.

“Game On with Katie B. Davis,” the popular sports talk program on WDUN, is expanding to three hours and changing stations, while Russell Brown has been named the new host of WDUN’s “Afternoon News Wrap."

The Gainesville Police Department has a new Deputy Chief.

Gas prices dipped last week after the price of oil fell to its lowest level in 3 months, according to this week's fuel price brief from AAA.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance (UI) in Georgia were up 16.7 percent in June, compared to May, with the increase attributed mostly to temporary claims filed in manufacturing,

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced Thursday morning that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was 6.1 percent, the lowest level in seven years

The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board has unanimously approved rezoning requests for a large Catholic church campus on Gainesville's west side

The expected cost of right-of-way for improvements to a section of Lanier Islands Parkway is now put at $10 million, twice what the estimate was a few years ago.

It's a decision that didn't get nearly as much attention as Obamacare and same-sex marriage, but it's a Supreme Court decision that's having an impact on local governments, including Hall County.

Georgia's agriculture commissioner can set a packing date for the state's famed Vidalia onions, an appeals court has ruled.