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During a recent meeting, the Jackson EMC Foundation Board of Directors awarded $78,621 in grants, including $68,691 to organizations and $9,930 to individuals.

Coca-Cola says it's cutting 750 jobs in the U.S. as it continues to streamline its business.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) Beautification Committee is seeking nominations for the Spring Residential Beautification AwardS.

The Republican-controlled House passed a tea party-flavored budget plan Thursday that promises sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and a clampdown on domestic agencies, in sharp contrast to less austere plans favored by President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies.

Arthur J. Williams of Hoschton has been named by Gov. Nathan Deal to the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely changed last week, while the average over the past month fell to a fresh five-year low. The decline in layoffs is helping strengthen the job market.

The nation's most influential pediatrician's group has endorsed gay marriage, saying a stable relationship between parents regardless of sexual orientation contributes to a child's health and well-being.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 8.6 percent in February, the lowest rate since January 2009.

Fear of a revived debt crisis in Europe faded from the stock market Wednesday, freeing the Dow Jones industrial average to touch an all-time high.

The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits - and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away.