Ken Stanford

The Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals (GAESP) announced Friday that Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences Academy will be the recipient of a 2013 GAESP School Bell Award, "Innovation in Elementary Education.".

With House passage Friday on a bill to keep the federal government running while blocking President Obama's health care law, Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville called on the Senate to "stand up to (Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid and pass this (measure)."

The House has passed a temporary funding measure to keep the government running. The bill is coupled with a tea party-backed measure to block President Obama's new health care law.

Atlanta-based Home Depot is eliminating the limited medical insurance is has offered to its many part-time employees.

At an event designed to have drivers pledge not to text while driving, University of North Georgia (UNG) President Bonita Jacobs declared Thursday, Sept. 19, Drive 4 Pledges Day at UNG and recognized other campus events to be held in conjunction with the national It Can Wait campaign.

Target plans to hire about 70,000 seasonal workers for the holiday shopping season, down about 20 percent from a year ago. The discounter is aiming to be more efficient in its hiring practices.

The Jackson Electric Membership Cooperation (EMC) Board of Directors has approved $5.5 million in margin refunds to nearly 201,000 customers who received electric service in 1988, 1989 and 2012.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) customers are going to get a break on their electric bills the remainder of the year.