Ken Stanford

Cornelia and Lumpkin County have been approved for OneGeorgia grants which will be used to help fund infrastructure needed for new and expanding industries. Several other communities in the area will also benefit from such grants.

First there were four, then three. Now there are only two candidates left in the race for a Hall County state legislative seat.

The Bank of Athens

Up one month, down the next, and up again - this year's trend in new housing starts in Hall County continued last month.

The state Climatologist says "mild agricultural drought conditions" have returned to much of north Georgia where the rainfall deficit in Gainesville for the year has reached more than 12.5 inches.

A family pet is credited with perhaps saving a West Hall family of four from death or serious injury early Monday.

Gainesville Realtor Brent Hoffman is the winner of a sales professional award from Prudential Georgia Real Estate.

Teresa Boulware has been named Vice President, Retail Lending, with Lumpkin County Bank, a division of Gainesville Bank & Trust (GB&T) and Angela Antonia has been promoted to Retail Operations Officer for all GB&T branches.

Candidates can start signing up Monday to run for the Gainesville City Council seat left vacant several weeks ago when Mark Musselwhite resigned.

They are popping up like toadstools all over Georgia - campaign signs, and in many places, Gainesville included, they are winding up on public right-of-way, a violation of state law.