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The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce has selected 41 members for its latest Leadership Hall County class.

Slowly but surely, Hall County Government facilities are reopening as the coronavirus pandemic appears to be easing across the state.

Brenau University, based in Gainesville, announced this week it will close its physical campus in Augusta, Georgia at the end of the year.

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.