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All signs point to higher gas prices, according to information released by AAA, The Auto Club Group.

Steven Mickens, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier, is one of only 60 senior leaders from the Boys & Girls Club Movement who have been selected to participate in a new year-long leadership development program called the Leadership Summit.

The state Department of Corrections will hold a job fair at the East Hall Community Center later this month for openings at state prisons in Alto and Buford.

HALLCO Community Credit Union held a "groundbreaking" ceremony recently to officially kickoff the renovation of retail space in the Village Shoppes shopping center in Flowery Branch where it plans to open a branch early this summer.

Hall County Master Gardeners will host the annual Garden Expo April 7-8 at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center.

Plans for a new subdivision and retail center in the Sardis area are scheduled to go before the Hall County Planning Commission Monday.

The University of North Georgia's Cottrell MBA program, offered on the Dahlonege and Gainesville campuses, has been ranked as the fifth-best public, part-time MBA program in Georgia by U.S. News and World Report.

The deadline to file for homestead exemptions, personal property reports, agriculture covenants and taxpayer returns of real property with the Hall County Board of Assessors Office is Monday.

The statewide unemployment rate for February declined by two-tenths of a point, while Georgia set new record highs for people employed and size of the state labor force

The Forsyth County Arts Alliance (FCAA), a volunteer based organization in Forsyth County whose mission is to enrich the arts in Forsyth County through strategic support and financial stewardship, is pleased to announce and welcome four new members to their Board of Directors.