Local Business News

While many parts of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests remain closed to visitors during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a number have now reopened, according to U.S. Forest Service officials.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced Thursday morning that the agency last week processed 228,352 unemployment claims, down about 38,000 from the prior week.

Dana Farr, an East Hall Middle School teacher, has been selected as one of just 19 educators from across the country for the 2020 PBS Digital Innovator All-Star Program.

SK Innovation is ready to begin construction on its second electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Jackson County this summer.

After a one-month delay dued to the COVID-19 pandemic, tax assessments for residential and commercial property owners are now in the mail.

During its April meeting, the Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $100,000 in emergency funding grants to North Georgia organizations responding to the impacts of COVID-19.

The Hall County School District has developed an Online Registration Tool for parents of kindergarten students.

The Georgia Mountain Food Bank and District 2 Public Health will partner this week on a day-long event for coronavirus relief in Hall County.

Local poultry producer Wayne Farms LLC is holding an online poultry sale for customers in the Hall County area.

Jennifer Deaton, an assistant principal at McEver Arts Academy in Hall County, has been named the new principal of Sugar Hill Elementary.