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Students from West Hall High School and Lakeview Academy have been named STAR Students from the Hall County and Gainesville area school systems.

Demorest Mayor Rick Austin maintains the city must offer the same opportunities as other jurisdictions if it wants to attract new eateries and continue its economic development.

Nancy Norton was named 2017 Woman of the Year and Doug Carter was honored as the 2017 Man of the Year by the Gainesville Rotary Club.

The Lula City Council voted Monday night to enter an intergovernmental agreement with Banks County setting out how proceeds from a potential 1-cent roads and bridges test would be divided.

Georgia gas prices are on the decline about three cents this week as energy prices on the stock market took a dive, with Sunday's statewide average of $2.46.

Max Rubenstein, 17, of Atlanta and Angelica Krubeck, 11, of Cumming have been named Georgia's top two youth volunteers of 2018 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

​A Gainesville-based real estate agent and her clients have been selected to be on the television show House Hunters.

Gainesville has been selected a top retirement destination by Where to Retire, the only magazine in the country geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions.

Nearly 1,000 building permits were issued in Gainesville and Hall County last year for new, single-family homes.

A $3,000 grant was awarded to the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce to fund their upcoming Path Fair and work-based learning tours.