Ken Stanford

Representatives from Hall County Government and Habitat for Humanity of Hall County will be on hand Friday and Saturday for the dedication for two new Habitat homes, which were purchased and rehabilitated as part of the County's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).

Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) has added NGPG Auburn Primary Care to the group.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for parts of north Georgia for the possibility of up to three inches of snow in places overnight Thursday.

Gov. Nathan Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens have announced that the state has hired a new firm to represent it in ongoing water dispute with Alabama and Florida.

The Obama administration slapped new visa restrictions Thursday against pro-Russian opponents to the new Ukraine government in Kiev, and cleared the way for upcoming financial sanctions, as the West began punishing Moscow for refusing to withdraw its troops from Ukraine's Crimea region.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 26,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 323,000. Meanwhile, another report out of Washington shows that U.S. productivity slowed in the fourth quarter.

A new survey of the nation's college freshmen has found that the percentage attending their first-choice school has reached its lowest level in almost four decades, as cost and the availability of financial aid have come to play an influential role in decisions of where to enroll.