Ken Stanford

The Children's Center for Hope & Healing will host its annual fundraiser at the Chattahoochee Country Club August 13.

Hall County Financial Services has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association.

A longtime veterans advocate in the Gainesville area has died.

Hugh Mills, Jr., the founding president of Gainesville Junior College (now a part of the University of North Georgia), died Thursday night.

The state Department of Transportation says motorists should expect lane closures along a section of I-85 in the Buford area because of work on some new express lanes.

Academy Sports in Gainesville Thursday hosted 30 local students for a back-to-school shopping spree as part of a nationwide program the chain conducts each year.

People in the region now have access to life-saving heart care that’s overseen by a true master, according to the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the national professional society for adult and pediatric invasive/interventional cardiologists.

An high number of above-normal temperatures this summer across northeast Georgia is causing power bills to rise. Jackson EMC members, for instance, consumed nearly 102 million more kWh (kilowatt hours) in July than in June.

North Georgia Technical College will conduct three emergency preparedness drills next week – one on each campus.