Ken Stanford

A federal judge in Wyoming has overturned a Clinton-era ban on road construction in nearly 60 million acres of national forest - thousands of them in northeast Georgia.

High school seniors in Georgia made gains on the ACT, even as the national average for the college readiness exam fell this year.

New state data show thousands more Georgia eighth-graders passed a state-mandated math exam on the second try.

A Hall County SWAT team member injured during a standoff in Lula is recuperating from his second bone reconstructive surgery this week.

Four people were injured in two wrecks in Hall County overnight Tuesday - one in North Hall, the other in South Hall.

Drought-parched Thurmond Lake is expected to fall to its lowest level since 2002 within the next 10 days.

Wachovia says it plans to cut 600 more jobs than it previously expected as it works to reduce expenses in the face of staggering losses tied to mortgage debt.

The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) recently presented Jenny Mancin, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) teen volunteer, with the first Majorie G. Hogan Memorial Youth Volunteer Scholarship in a special ceremony at NGMC's Lanier Park Campus.

Georgia's revenue took another nosedive Monday as state fiscal managers reported that tax collections in July fell 6.6 percent from this time last year, giving the state a bleak start to its new fiscal year.

The Habersham County Board of Commissioners signed a contract Monday, offering to purchase 30.82 acres for the new Habersham County Judicial Center and governmental campus.