Ken Stanford

The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded 26 new contracts valued in excess of $92 million for transportation improvement projects across the state, including the resurfacing of Georgia Highway 365 in Hall and Habersham counties.

The Hall County Tax Assessors will mail 75,420 notices of current assessment on Friday. As required by new state law, this annual notice will include a written explanation of the value of taxable property and an estimate of the property tax bill. It is not a tax bill.

About 30 people attended a candlelight vigil Monday night outside the immigrant detention center in Gainesville for a Salvadoran immigrant who died there last week.

A sentencing hearing continues today for a former Habersham County bank executive who has pleaded guilty to using customers and family members in a multimillion-dollar fraud conspiracy that led to his bank's downfall.

Federal officials have approved food assistance for tornado victims in 25 Georgia counties, including five northeast Georgia counties

Hall County Commissioner Craig Lutz Thursday defended the actions that have prompted a recall drive against him and again declared that he has done nothing to warrant a recall.

A rapidly growing wildfire in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has burned more than 96 square miles and managed to escape the swamp's eastern boundary, where firefighters managed to contain the flames to a few acres on private land, officials said Monday.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is planning major repair projects in and around Atlanta this summer, and drivers will have to be prepared for lane closures and construction zones.

A Boil Water Advisory is in effect until further notice for all White County Water Authority customers.

A power outage affected a large part of West Hall this morning.