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The Hall County Board of Commissioners will meet on Monday, May 11 for a scheduled work session, but the meeting time has been changed from 3 p.m. to 10 a.m.

Transport Topics, a national newspaper covering trucking and freight transportation, has named Syfan Logistics as one of the Top 50 Transportation Brokerage Firms and Top 50 Dedicated Contract Carriers in the United States for 2015.

Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, which connect riders with drivers by means of a smartphone app, will soon have to comply with some Georgia regulations under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Nathan Deal.

Spherion Staffing Services announced Wednesday that Al Gainey and Stacey Reece, owners of offices in Gainesville, Buford and Eastanollee, are recipients of the 2015 Spherion Spirit Award.

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a watered down bill allowing craft breweries to let customers take home beer.

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill legalizing fireworks sales in Georgia.

Eddie Staub, founder and executive director of Eagle Ranch in Flowery Branch, Georgia, will be honored at Leadercast North Georgia, the local simulcast of an international leadership event

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton began construction on a new expansion Monday, allowing the hospital to begin offering obstetric services to the community.

Motorists headed to the pump are finding the highest gas prices of 2015. The national average price for regular unleaded is $2.62 per gallon, up 59 cents since this year's low of $2.03 in late January.

Ray C. Jones is retiring from the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) board of directors after nearly 40 years of service. He is succeeded by Steve Blair, who is well-known in Hall County for his community and board service.