Local Business News

Motorists who travel I-985 around the new Exit 14 will encounter single lane closures on the highway both Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 20 and 21.

Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.40 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline.

The spring will bring with it the opening of a Children’s Garden at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville, which is being designed to provide the chance for play and learning in a botanical-rich setting.

Northeast Georgia Health System recently unveiled its new Therapeutic Music Program at the medical center.

Two Gainesville men, John Ferguson and the late Tom Paris, Jr., are to be inducted into the Northeast Georgia Business Hall of Fame next month.

A state Representative from Clarkesville is Gov. Brian Kemp's choice to serve as chairman of the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Commission.

The Pier 1 Imports store in Gainesville is one of up to 450 stores the company is closing.

Motorists in Forsyth and Hall counties will likely encounter delays the rest of the week on SR 369 in the area of the Browns Bridge replacement project.

The Georgia Department of Transportation will implement single lane closures on SR 347/Lanier Islands Parkway from Holiday Marina to McEver Road beginning Thursday, Jan. 16.

Construction activity for the I-85 widening project will require lane closures next week along the corridor in Gwinnett, Barrow and Jackson counties, according to information released Monday by the Georgia Department of Transportation.