Ken Stanford

The featured speaker at this year's Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce HealthSmart Expo will be a man who is no stranger to the opioid epidemic and knows first-hand the devastating and sometimes fatal impact it can have on people.

The developers of Lancaster Subdivision on Spout Springs Road want to add 144 townhomes to the development, which consists of 187 single-family lots.

The North Georgia Community Foundation has selected programs and projects at 27 non-profit organizations to receive a Community Impact Grant this year.

Anyone thinking of running for public office in Georgia is invited to an ethics seminar which will be held in Hall County next month by the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.

A Gainesville man and a Suwanee man have been named to state commissions by Gov. Nathan Deal.

The federal government will invest almost $2.4 million in four multi-year projects in Georgia, including two in northeast Georgia, that aim to build infrastructure while conserving natural resources.

Thanks to a $415,000 federal grant, Barrow County Emergency Services added a number of rescue tools to its arsenal recently, which officials say will greatly enhance the ability to quickly and effectively remove patients from mangled vehicles.

In conjunction with National Preparedness Month and the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma, the Hall County Board of Commissioners is set to consider a host of improvements and repairs to the county's 23 weather sirens at its meeting next week.

The Alzheimer's Association, Georgia Chapter is hosting the first Community Educator Training in Gainesville October 11 at 10:00 at Gardens of Gainesville.