Local Business News

Now through April 1 is the time for Hall County property owners to file for Homestead Exemption, a Personal Property Reporting Form, sign up for an Agriculture Covenant or file a Taxpayer Return of Real Property.

Electing officers for the new year is one of the items on the agenda for both the Gainesville Board of Education and Hall County Board of Education Monday.

Two Gainesvillians are among seven people from northeast Georgia named the "100 Most Influential Georgians of 2019" by Georgia Trend Magazine.

With the new year arriving Tuesday, gasoline prices across Georgia continue a steady drop.

The new year marks the 50th Anniversary of Alpine Helen and the Helen Arts & Heritage Center plans a series of five meetings during the year on the transformation of the mountain town to a tourist mecca.

The Flowery Branch City Council will consider scheduling a special city council election when it meets Thursday night.

South State Bank has donated $10,000 to support foster children and families in need in Towns and Union counties.

Twenty-nine providers at Northeast Georgia Physicians Group have received national recognition for their work.

The Sears store in Gainesville, which has survived one round of company store closings after another in recent years, will close by the end of March, according to company officials.

John Mansfield, Sr., of Amelia Island, Fla., formerly of Gainesville, and the founder of Mansfield Oil Company and Kangaroo convenience stores, died Thursday. .