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A year ago, the unemployment rate in the Gainesville metropolitan area was 2.6%, but when the coronavirus pandemic hit, businesses closed and jobs disappeared.

Starting Tuesday, June 2, the Hall County School District will continue delivering meals to students during the month of June.

As the Georgia economy reopens and more people return to work, gasoline prices are rising.

Nine graduating seniors from the Hall County School District are among the state's 2020 Georgia Scholars.

If the weather cooperates, the Georgia Department of Transportation will begin to wrap up the final phases of work on the roundabout project at Stone Pile Gap in Lumpkin County.

North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) received the 2020 Innovation Award from the Community Colleges of Appalachia (CCA) during a virtual awards presentation this week.

As the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses across the state, Georgia's unemployment rate hit an all-time high of 11.9% in April, according to State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier will partner with District 2 Public Health officials for a free COVID-19 testing event this Wednesday.

Thanks to the slow reopening of Georgia's economy, demand for gasoline is up a bit and that means prices also are inching upward.

A 24-year veteran of the Hall County School District is in line to be the new principal for The Foundry and the associate principal for Lanier College and Career Academy.