Local Business News

Gov. Nathan Deal says Sentury Tire, the fifth-largest and fastest-growing tire manufacturer in China, will create more than 1,000 jobs and invest $530 million in a car and light truck tire manufacturing operation in LaGrange.

A cabinet shop near Lula was destroyed by fire late Thursday morning, according to officials with Hall County Fire Services.

Washington Monthly has ranked Brenau University No. 19 in its college guide list of “Best Bang for the Buck Southeast Colleges” for 2016.

The public safety sector in Jackson County will be honored next month at a special event called the Hometown Hero Awards.

Riverside Military Academy’s Annual Fund Coordinator, Mary Paglia, was named the 2015 GOALTender of the Year for the State of Georgia on September 1 during the annual Georgia GOAL Scholarship conference.

Gainesville Theatre Alliance will present "The Flick" Sept. 15-18, GTA's first Discovery Series production of the 2016-2017 season.

The Gainesville-based Georgia Mountains Regional Commission is getting a new board member and two current members have been named to new terms.

The invasive insect responsible for the death or decline of hundreds of millions of ash trees in 27 states is on the move in Georgia, and is now present in four more north Georgia counties.

After looking at 1,406 public and private colleges and universities across the country, Washington Monthly magazine has named Piedmont College among the institutions offering the “Best Bang for the Buck.”

Forsyth County government Director of Communications Jodi Gardner earned the designation of Certified Public Communicator in July, as she completed Texas Christian University’s CPC Program in Fort Worth.