Business News

Uniforms for U.S. Olympic athletes are American red, white and blue - but made in China. That has members of Congress fuming.

Faith Christian Academy, a private school in Habersham County, will host an open house on Sunday, July 22.

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in four years, a hopeful sign for the struggling job market. But the decline was partly due to temporary factors.

Banks are increasingly placing homes with unpaid mortgages on a countdown that could deliver a swell of new foreclosed properties onto the market by early next year, potentially weighing further on home values.

Clarkesville

When Georgia voters head to the polls on July 31 to weigh in on a proposed regional transportation sales tax, some of the state's political and business leaders claim they will be deciding no less than the future of the region for decades to come.

A plunge in the price of natural gas has made it cheaper for utilities to produce electricity. But the savings aren't translating to lower rates for customers. Instead, U.S. electricity prices are going up.

Plans are underway for a new private school in Cumming.

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) District Engineer, Bayne Smith, Jr. announces that Dana Garrison was selected at Area Engineer serving Clarke, Jackson, Oconee and Walton counties.

Funeral services will be held Friday for Clarkesville businessman Wallace Patrick Nichols, who owned and operated LaPrades's on Lake Burton for 30 years.