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Georgia gas prices rose an average of 6-cents per gallon over the last week, according to this week's fuel price report from AAA.

Gov. Brian Kemp's office has released numbers for June, showing Georgia’s net tax collections last month totaled roughly $2.12 billion for an increase of $146 million, or 7.4%, compared to June 2018 when net tax collections totaled nearly $1.98 billion.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will hold the first of several public hearings this week on the proposed tax rate for the coming fiscal year.

The same physician groups that provide emergency and inpatient care at Northeast Georgia Medical Center are extending their coverage to include Habersham Medical Center, forming a new affiliation for HMC with Northeast Georgia Health System.

Twenty-one physicians from Georgia Urology, including several who practice in northeast Georgia, rank among Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors, according to Atlanta magazine.

The Census Bureau has begun taking applications for Census takers for next year's headcount.

What's being billed as a "classic summer party" is planned next weekend to mark the opening of the new hospital in Dahlonega.

Plans are in the works for a hotel and companion shopping center in the Rabbittown area.

Even though fireworks are legal in Georgia, there are still some locations where pyrotechnics are forbidden.

Construction activity for the I-85 widening project will require lane closures through Wednesday, July 3 along the corridor in Gwinnett, Barrow and Jackson counties.