Local Business News

Truett McConnell University has received a $100,000 grant from the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry for use in establishing a "virtual hospital" at the school.

A new program aimed at bringing high-speed internet to rural communities was announced Saturday afternoon by Georgia Senator David Perdue and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

A luncheon next week will spotlight the finalists for this year's Healthy Hall awards as the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce again honors the local health care industry.

A scholarship is being offered for poultry and agriculture majors as part of Gainesville's Spring Chicken Festival this year.

Beth Baldwin, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Gainesville, was selected to attend the Edward Jones fifth annual Women's Conference at The Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis.

A former sheriff for Tift County in South Georgia has been named the interim commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety.

A Gainesville-area gas station was the sales location of a $5 million winning lottery ticket.

The Heart Center of Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has a new interventional cardiologist – Pranav Kansara, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, is now working at both the Gainesville and Braselton locations.

One of Jackson County's newest and largest employers plans a job fair later this month.

A new agreement announced this weekend make Northeast Georgia Health System the official healthcare partner of University of North Georgia Athletics.