Local Business News

Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) will open its newest Urgent Care location on Monday, December 19 in Dahlonega.

With the big changes coming to Washington, it is likely a repeal or modification of the Affordable Care Act is in the works. Max Richtman, CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, explains what Georgia's seniors need to know in the situation of a repeal to insure their access to Medicare, and why a repeal could be detrimental.

The Gainesville School Board is now advertising the opening for the school system's superintendent job.

The upward trend continued at the gas pump last week, as the national average rose 4 cents in the past seven days.

Georgia Public Broadcasting Radio station WPPR-FM in Demorest is staying on the air but funding for local programming is not being continued after December 31.

A new subdivision and amended billboard regulations are among the items expected to be considered over the next two weeks by the Gainesville and Hall County planning boards.

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has awarded a construction contract to realign Kilgore Road at its intersection with South Bogan Road near the Mall of Georgia.

The North Hall High FFA (Future Farmers of America) program recently won 1st Place in the state in the Dairy Cattle Evaluation during Career Development Events

A Gwinnett County facility in Buford that has served as a base for the provision of various health and human services since 1997 will undergo an extensive renovation and expansion.

A months-long debate might finally be resolved on Dec. 20, when Gwinnett County commissioners will consider a trio of rezoning requests totaling 118 acres along Gravel Springs Road in the Buford area