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The state Board of Regents' budget requests for Fiscal Year 2021 includes money for new construction projects on the University of North Georgia's Cumming and Dahlonega campuses and equipping the former Lanier Tech space on the Gainesville campus.

As the Gainesville metro set another jobs record in August, the area also saw the unemployment rate move down a bit.

Georgia gas prices took a big jump this past week, according to the latest information from the AAA-The Auto Club Group.

Passengers boarding the Amtrak Crescent in Gainesville and elsewhere along the New York City-New Orleans route will soon no longer be able to experience dining car service.

Fifty years ago, Helen was a dying former lumber town but then a group of men developed a vision to convert the White County city into something that would get drivers on Ga. 75 out of their cars.

Contracts totaling $6.5 million were awarded recently for three road and bridge construction projects in northeast Georgia.

The Gainesville Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau's Stacey Dickson were among the winners of nine tourism awards at the recent Governor's Tourism Conference.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Gainesville were down compared to last month and a year ago.

If the published agenda is any indication, the next meeting of the Hall County Planning Commission may be a lengthy one, with a variety of issues on the table.

Annual John Jarrard Foundation concert next Saturday, FLW bass tournament on Lanier next weekend, and more...