Ken Stanford

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville, founder of the Army Corps of Engineers Reform Caucus, Wednesday introduced the

Maureen Erinne, an international doctoral fellow at the Carter Center in Atlanta, will speak during the University of North Georgia's Peacemaking Conference Thursday on the Gainesville Campus.

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was given a document on Wednesday that allows him to leave the transit zone of a Moscow airport and enter Russia, a state news agency said.

A new tropical depression has formed in the eastern Atlantic and is expected to soon become a tropical storm.

The American Red Cross has launched the Team Red Cross App, which allows people to sign up to help, get an overview on basic tasks and receive notifications about Red Cross disaster volunteer opportunities in their community.

This year's Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo will be held Aug. 8 at the Forsyth Conference Center, sponsored by Forsyth County News.

The Sautee Nacoochee Community Association (SNCA) events calendar for August includes an exhibit featuring wood artists and paintings of trees; a Community Contra Dance; and a Folk Pottery Show & Sale.

Delta is spending less on fuel these days, and that's helping the airline make money even though passengers aren't doing much more flying.

Thanks to the generosity of Global Partitions, students living in Bryant Hall on the North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) Clarkesville Campus are enjoying the newly-renovated bathroom facilities in the dorm.

The government should set performance standards for new safety technology that allows cars and trucks to talk to each other and then require the technology be installed in all new vehicles, a federal accident investigation board recommended Tuesday.