Afternoon News Wrap

A small group of nurses at the Gateway Health and Rehabilitation skilled nursing facility volunteered their time to give the facilty's beauty shop a makeover.

This week on the ANW's Local Business Spotlight, host Russell Brown paid a visit to Gainesville gift shop and boutique the Little Ladybug.

A number of Hall County Sheriff's deputies joined the ANW this week as part of WDUN's months-long "End the Epidemic" campaign to help spread awareness and end opioid addiction in the North Georgia area.

Business Professor at Emory University, Dr. Thomas Smith, explains why the I-85 bridge collapse in Atlanta will impact much more than just commute times throughout the entire state.

Assistant Commissioner with the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, Susan Adams, talks about a fun way to celebrate the anniversary with children as well as the future of the program's funding.

The Gateway Domestic Violence Center announced their plans to relocate to a new state-of-the-art facility.

Hope Kienle, a Hall county teenager, lives with Biliary Atresia and Portal Hypertension, requiring a multivisceral transplant of five different organs.

The ANW has kicked off a year-long series that addresses the ongoing fight against opioid abuse in Georgia. This week, we were joined by someone many have called the driving force behind abuse legislation in the state, Dallas Gay, who joined the fight after an addiction-related tragedy struck his family.

Students interested in health-care and medical careers often join HOSA to learn more about specialized jobs in the medical industry. Three Hall county students, Amber Strickland (Chestatee), Melanie Valencia (Flowery Branch), and Emma Miller (West Hall), were recognized at the 2017 HOSA competition in Atlanta, in the clinical nursing, patho-physiology, and medical reading subjects, respectively.

The exterminators at Select Pest Control provide hands-on, exterminating services. What sets them apart is that their exterminating methods are available to anyone at their Gainesville store.