Local Business News

As the unemployment rate in the Gainesville metro area fell to 2.1%, Gainesville also set a series of jobs records in November.

Brian Daniel of Gainesville has been elected chairman of the Riverside Military Academy Board of Trustees.

Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.38 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline - that's down a penny from a week ago.

Gainesville High School senior Taylor Sturdivant has been named a Semifinalist for the 2020 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program.

The Gainesville-Hall County Development Authority was recently presented a $300,000 check from the Appalachian Regional Commission to fund the Apprenticeship 101 program.

Cathy Moore, a Georgia native with more than 30 years of experience in higher education, has been named the new Academic Dean of Riverside Military Academy.

A Flowery Branch restaurant is one of two in Georgia proclaimed among the Top 100 restaurants in the country by Open Table, a worldwide provider of online restaurant reservations.

The Dr. Louise Bauck Endowment for Environmental Studies was recently established at Brenau University to honor the memory and legacy of a longtime faculty member, who died this summer.

A $30,000 donation has been made to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier by Lanier Partners of North Georgia Inc.

Statewide first-time claims for unemployment insurance were down statewide in November compared to the month before but were up in metro Gainesville.