Ken Stanford

North Health District 2 brings its Public Health Community Volunteers campaign to Gainesville this week.

Plans to close the Warren Featherbone/PlaySafe Inc. plant in Gainesville - announced in February - are being finalized.

Hall County teens will join the fight against the use of tobacco by young people next week by participating in Kick Butts Day.

There are 144 registered convicted sex offenders living in Hall County, with the greatest concentration in the 30501 Zip Code.

Special recognition will be given this year by the Northeast Georgia History Center to the people involved with the 1996 Olympic competition on Lake Lanier.

The first of eight public hearings around the state on Georgia's Child Care and Development Fund State Plan will be held in Oakwood later this month.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County will kick off National Boys & Girls Club Week Monday with a presentation by an HIV specialist.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) Economic Development Division is hosting Developers Day early next month.

The Quad Cities Planning Commission declined to make a recommendation, so the Arcade City Council is now expected to hear rezoning and annexation requests that could open the door to a 2,400-home development.

Metro Gainesville's jobless rate is up again, and for the first time in a long, long time, the rate is up in every county in the 13-county Georgia Mountains Region.