Ken Stanford

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will no longer accept cash at twelve day-use parks and boat ramps on Lake Lanier starting April 1.

Representatives of about 40 employers, from national chains to the Gainesville Parks and Recreation Department, will descend on the University of North Georgia's Gainesville Campus Tuesday for the school's Spring Job Fair.

Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Atlanta on Saturday as they pushed for stronger gun-control measures. Meanwhile, others marched elsewhere in the state, including Dahlonega.

The Piedmont College R.H. Daniel School of Nursing & Health Sciences along with area emergency agencies will hold a disaster drill at 10 a.m., March 28, at the college in Demorest.

Andy Smith, a Gainesville police officer, is the police department's most recent graduate of the FBI National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia.

Led by Albany, Gainesville, and Augusta, first-time claims for unemployment insurance in Georgia decreased 8.5 percent in February.

The Republican candidates for governor are scheduled to debate in South Hall next weekend.

The final Medical Center Foundation Habitat for Humanity home, one of three, was dedicated Friday.