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The head of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce said she's still waiting on a response from city and county officials to her offer to pay for a mediator to settle Hall County's own "water war."

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped for a second consecutive week, further evidence that the job market is slowly improving.

The government recalled thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs Thursday, warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them.

World markets tumbled Wednesday amid acute fears that Greece's debt crisis would spread like wildfire through Europe after a leading credit ratings agency downgraded the country's debt to junk status and cut Portugal's rating as well.

Two Brenau University Mass Communication students Tuesday won the national advertising competition for developing anti-drinking and driving advertising campaigns after a presentation in White Plains, N.Y., to top executives of the U.S. branch of a top international beverage manufacturer.

Georgia will receive more than $11 million as part of a sweeping settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca.

Investors are once again worried that debt problems in Greece and Portugal could threaten the global economic recovery.

Antonio Rios, MD, and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Medical Park 1, Suite 110, welcome Edwin Tirado, MD, to the practice.

One hundred jobs are being created in Buford with the consolidation of a German-based manufacturer's Baldwin and Alpharetta facilities.

The Jackson EMC Foundation, a charity funded by the cooperative’s members, has awarded Health Access Initiative in Gainesville a $15,000 grant to help fund a position that coordinates health care for Hall County’s uninsured, indigent adults.