Ken Stanford

Hall County Commissioners may be getting a partner in the development a new reservoir which Hall plans to use as an additional source of water.

Consumer inflation was tame in 2009, with prices rising 2.7 percent. Yet families felt squeezed as their spending power sank in the face of falling wages, job losses and higher prices for energy, medical care and education.

Gwinnett countians continued to do their part last year to keep more water in Lake Lanier even after the drought ended.

What if the governors of Alabama, Florida and Georgia can't reach a water sharing agreement by a deadline imposed by a federal judge? Then Georgia falls back to Plan B, which was discussed at a meeting in Atlanta Thursday.

Authorities have now confirmed that a wreck that killed two people in Lumpkin County a week ago, including a Hall County teenager, was weather-related.

A GBI agent says child pornography is a "major problem" in Georgia

The City of Gainesville has been hit with a $3,000 fine by the State Environmental Protection Division for two sewage overflows last year.

The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week as jobs remain scarce amid a sluggish economic recovery.

Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield is being cautious with his approach to Gov. Perdue's proposal to pay Georgia's teachers, based on student performance, rather than their advanced degrees.

At least six deaths are now attributed to the cold and ice in Georgia.