Ken Stanford

The wave of immigrants entering the United States slowed dramatically last year as the economy faltered and the government stepped up enforcement of immigration laws.

The Hall County Board of Commissioners will vote Thursday on leasing the Hall County Health Department

Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who only a week ago said the economy was fundamentally sound, now says the U.S. financial system is facing a major crisis.

A reward is being offered in connection to vandalism at Mount Vernon Elementary School and Gainesville High School.

Election Day will be something of an afterthought for tens of millions of Americans - they'll be voting well ahead of time.

Although the Alaska Legislature's investigator still plans to issue a report in October on what is known in the state as Troopergate, the probe is effectively killed until January, when Sarah Palin will either be vice president or return to the governor's mansion in Juneau.

Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks - many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles.

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain together spent $94 million in August, a record spree mostly aimed at about a dozen states that will probably decide their historic presidential contest.

For the first time in several months, a new subdivision is in the works in Hall County.

Republican John McCain said Friday the Federal Reserve needs to stop bailing out failed financial institutions.