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Good News Clinics announces the 2016 Brighter Smiles for Brighter Futures Campaign, a fundraiser that allows patients to receive free professional teeth whitening services with a $250 tax-deductible donation to GNC's Green Warren Dental Clinic.

Signs by Tomorrow of Gainesville recently was recognized for surpassing one million dollars in sales during 2015.

Recently, the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners and the Dahlonega City Council came together for a joint planning retreat in Blairsville at the Union County Community Center.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April was 5.5 percent, unchanged from March. The rate was 6.1 percent in April 2015.

Delta Air Lines will not continue its sponsorship of Atlanta's Fox Theatre after a rival airline rented the facility for an event.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee is seeking nominations for the 2016 Residential Beautification Award from various sections of Gainesville-Hall County.

​The University System of Georgia's annual economic impact study shows the University of North Georgia had a $496 million impact on the communities in its region during the 2015 fiscal year, up 14 percent from the previous year.

The remaining seven miles of US 129/SR 11, better known as Athens Highway in Hall County, is now scheduled to be widened.

9th District Congressman Doug Collins met with Windstream CEO Tony Thomas in Collins' Gainesville office Tuesday to discuss "ongoing issues" with Windstream service in Northeast Georgia.