Ken Stanford

First-time claims for unemployment insurance in metro Gainesville were down 44.8 percent in July, compared to a year ago.

The Gainesville High School 125th Anniversary Celebration event held this past February was recently selected for the state's 2017 Local History Advocacy Award.

The Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis at the University of North Georgia has been selected as a Center of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences , the only institution in the state with that designation and one of only 25 in the nation.

Heather Cole has been named Director of Education at Center Point, a Gainesville non-profit agency providing support and treatment services for youth and families.

Even thought the winning jackpot ticket was sold elsewhere, Powerball players in Georgia won big in Wednesday’s $700 million drawing, according to the Georgia Lottery.

In addition to the annual fall rituals of moving into residence halls, navigating campus parking lots, and searching for a classroom in an unfamiliar building, new and returning University of North Georgia students are greeted with a series of events to make them feel at home: Weeks of Welcome.

​State Representative Vernon Jones (D-Lithonia) plans to introduce legislation that would create a state commission on historic monuments during the 2018 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly.

Michael Rossi, Assistant Band Director at Riverside Military Academy, was recently selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Society of High School Scholars.

US Forest Service officials are proposing increases in fees at several recreation sites on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.