Local Business News

​Jackson EMC officials are issuing a warning to customers about yet the latest move by scammers to victimize people via the phone.

Four Lanier Technical College students have been selected as the College’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, according to Kari Register, coordinator for the school’s GOAL Program.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate increased for the fourth consecutive month to 5.4 percent in December

There is downward pressure at the gas pump, but not to the point that many motorists will notice, according to the latest fuel report from AAA.

Brenau University is planning to offer new mass communication undergraduate and graduate degree programs and the responsibility for the day-to-day management of the campus radio station is being turned over to the Department of Mass Communication.

Two people from northeast Georgia recently took home a total of $1.3 million in Georgia Lottery winnings.

A Clarkesville woman and the Forsyth County District Attorney have been named to separate state boards.

Three business people from Gainesville are on Georgia's Trend's latest list of the 100 Most Influential Georgans.

The Old Navy store at Marketplace in Cumming has been collecting cold weather clothing for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County.