Local Business News

The stained glass windows featured in The Henry Edward Braselton Chapel at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton have been nationally recognized.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) released area unemployment numbers for November Thursday morning, and the Gainesville metro continues to have the lowest rate of any area in the state.

The latest round of grants from the Jackson EMC Foundation includes $15,000 for Gainesville's Rape Response.

Atlanta's airport is expecting more than 4.2 million passengers during the current holiday period running through Jan. 3.

Average retail gasoline prices in Georgia have fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.18/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 5,883 outlets in the state, but they increased more than three cents a gallon nationally.

University of North Georgia campuses are holding free events over the next few months to help college-bound students and their parents fill out Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms, and to help students adjust to two significant changes to FAFSA this year.

Experts at the University of Georgia Terry College of business predict a prosperous year for the state's economy in 2017.

A Gainesville woman, a Dahlonega woman and a man from Cumming have been named to state boards by Gov. Nathan Deal.