Ken Stanford

The power is back on for a group of Gainesville residents who spent most of Thursday afternoon in the dark.

The Habersham County Commission has reinstated half the $27,000 in county funding requested this year by the Habersham County Chamber of Commerce.

The government says the number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls fell slightly for the first time in 20 weeks, while the tally of new claims also dipped.

Many U.S. retailers are reporting sales declines in May as shoppers continue to shop cautiously.

President Barack Obama is calling for ``a new beginning'' between the United States and the Muslim world, saying it's time to focus on the interests they share rather than their differences.

There's a chance for some flooding in the northeast Georgia mountains this afternoon and tonight.

The problem with rising expectations is that it gets tougher to beat them.

Gov. Sonny Perdue announced today that women’s fashion retailer Chico’s FAS, Inc. plans to expand its distribution center facilities in Barrow County with an initial investment of $15 million, which is expected to create 189 full-time jobs over the next three years.

Twenty-five north Georgia high schools, eight of them in the Gainesville area, will share in $150,000 in grants from the Georgia Appalachian Center for Higher Education (GACHE).

The mayor of Dahlonega says the town's economy will take a huge hit with the closing of the town's number one tourist attraction two days a week which was announced last week as a money-saving measure by the state Department of Natural Resources.