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Three northeast Georgia residents have been appointed - or reappointed - to two state boards by Gov. Nathan Deal in recent days.

The crowds of bargain shoppers rushing through store doors the day after Thanksgiving are thinning out.

President Barack Obama tried to draw attention to independently owned businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, a day that is increasingly being marketed as one for deal-hungry consumers to remember to patronize these outlets while doing their holiday shopping.

Black Friday seemed a little less crazy this year.

Many Black Friday shoppers say they avoided spending money on Thanksgiving Day because, they say, the holiday should be a time for family.

As the holiday shopping seaon begins, the small, local and family owned businesses on the Downtown Square in Gainesville prepare for shopper.

A former sheriff of Jackson County, who also owned and operated a men's clothing store in Commerce for 14 years, has died.

Christmas trees likely will cost a little more this year, and growers like John Tillman say it's about time.

A government report says the smoking rate for U.S. adults dipped below 18 percent for the first time last year.

U.S. stocks ended little changed Friday as falling crude prices weighed on the market in a holiday-shortened session.