Ken Stanford

Koyo Bearings USA LLC is bringing new jobs and adding production capacity of its roller bearings plant in Dahlonega. Approximately 50 production associate and salaried positions will be created, in addition to construction jobs related to the expansion of the facility.

A Disaster Recovery Center will open in Rabun County Saturday for victims of last week's storm that caused heavy damage in parts of northeast Georgia.

Two pilots with the Gwinnett County Police Department Aviation Unit are being praised for the quick action in responding to a "person down" call in an area near Suwanee earlier this week.

Add Hoschton to the list of towns in northeast Georgia moving ahead on the Sunday alcoholic beverage question.

The state Supreme Court affirms the kidnapping conviction of Timothy Hammond by a Hall County jury in a case involving his ex-wife.

North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU) and the Dahlonega Arts Council will present "Rodin: The Figure in Bronze," a show of 24 posthumous original bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin beginning Saturday and continuing through July 10 in the school's Library Technology Center.

Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring spree in five years. But the unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in part because some people resumed looking for work.

The North Georgia Community Foundation has activated its Disaster Relief Fund as a means for our community to assist those affected throughout north Georgia by the April 27-28 tornadoes.

President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the site of the collapsed Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, paying tribute to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, culminating a New York visit in the wake of the U.S. commando raid in Pakistan that killed terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.

More than six pounds of unused and outdated prescription drugs were collected a week ago during the drug Take-Back Day in Hall County.