Ken Stanford

Northeast Georgia Medical Center recently welcomed a new chief nursing officer and two new department directors.

Blossman Gas is touring its own 178 square feet “All-Propane Tiny House” throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic States, with a stop planned in Hall County next month..

Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County and the Gainesville Police Department will jointly sponsor Safe Kids Day Saturday.

Elyse Gates is the new vice president of the Revenue Cycle at Northeast Georgia Health System and Mike Hill has been named executive director of the Program Management Office.

The North Georgia Community Foundation is now accepting nominations for its 2016 Philanthropy Awards which include the Woodrow Stewart Leadership in Philanthropy Award and the Gus Whalen Young Philanthropist Award.

Extreme drought conditions are persisting in large parts of north Georgia and a portion of Hall County is now included.

Forsyth County was recently ranked by financial technology company, SmartAsset (smartasset.com), as one of the top 10 counties in the U.S. for local economic investments.

The University of North Georgia will host a summer commencement ceremony Tuesday celebrating more than 400 graduating students and featuring an address from Dr. Victoria Hightower, assistant professor of history at UNG.

When a bomb went off in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta 20 years ago tonight, the blast reverberated across the 50 miles to Gainesville and the rowing/canoe/kayak venue on Lake Lanier. Not literally, of course, but figuratively because, as you might expect, it had an impact on the competition here and those who were working at the site.

Brenau University is among 93 universities and colleges – and the only representative from Georgia – listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2016 “Great Colleges to Work For” rankings.