Ken Stanford

Four residents of Gainesville, Clarkesville, and Braselton have been named to state boards by Gov. Nathan Deal.

Dr. James F. Conneely has been named the new vice president of Student Affairs at the University of North Georgia and will assume the post July 16.

State Representative Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville) was recently named the 2018 Legislator of the Year by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.

To some, building a paper airplane is child's play. To the 70 children enrolled in this year’s Summer Scholars Institute on the University of North Georgia's Gainesville campus, it's a science project.

Work on the 66-year old Roy Head Bridge over Little Tesnatee Creek in White County will close the bridge June 12 for 21 days, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation

The Gainesville and Hall County school systems are getting more than $296,000 from the state for school safety improvements, part of $16 million being allocated to school districts across the state.

The Georgia Mountain Food Bank has received a $10,000 grant from Amerigroup Georgia to help cover the cost of its "diet-specific" food box program.

The Republican front-runner in the Georgia governor's race said in a secretly recorded conversation that he pushed and helped pass an education measure he considered "bad public policy" in order to deprive a political rival of campaign support. And his July 24 runoff rival says the recording raises "serious ethical and legal questions."

Hall County has begun the process of finding a new fire chief, someone to replace Jeff Hood, who abruptly resigned last October.