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Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
26 Gainesville/Hall Co. students receive NGCF scholarships
The North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF) recently awarded $163,250 in scholarships to 26 high school students from the Gainesville and Hall County school systems who are pursuing a higher education this fall.
10:19AM ( 11 years ago )
US, Russia diplomatic and defense chiefs to meet
The crisis in Syria, arms control and missile defense headline what are expected to be chilly talks between top U.S. and Russian foreign and defense chiefs, a sit-down tainted by the case of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, which led President Barack Obama to cancel his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
7:21AM ( 11 years ago )
US orders diplomats out of Lahore, Pakistan
The State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and evacuated nonessential government personnel from the country's second largest city because of a specific threat to the consulate there, a U.S. official said Friday.
7:17AM ( 11 years ago )
Anti-smoking battle moves outdoors; bans increase
First it was bars, restaurants and office buildings. Now the front lines of the "No Smoking" battle have moved outdoors.
7:15AM ( 11 years ago )
Ga. sales tax holiday set for Fri., Sat.
Georgia's sales tax holiday, planned to coincide with back to school shopping, is coming up Friday and Saturday.
5:48PM ( 11 years ago )
National awards recognize Forsyth Co. publication, TV program
The National Association of County Information Officers
(NACIO) has recognized two Forsyth County government communications tools for
excellence, through the 2013 NACIO Awards of Excellence Competition.
4:36PM ( 11 years ago )
Southern California wildfire grows extensively
A growing wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range on Thursday, damaging buildings, threatening as many as 600 homes and forcing some 1,500 people to flee.
4:14PM ( 11 years ago )
Vote suppression alleged in close Fla. election
A small Florida Panhandle town best known for its annual Worm Grunting Festival is at the center of an investigation into charges the white city clerk suppressed the black vote in an election where the black mayor lost by a single vote and a black city commissioner was also ousted.
4:02PM ( 11 years ago )
Senate control hinges on fate of Southern Dems
Republicans are counting on some Southern comfort to win Senate control next year.
3:57PM ( 11 years ago )
Carl Lawson funeral will be Sat.
Carl Lawson, a longtime business and civic leader in Gainesville, has died.
2:05PM ( 11 years ago )