Ken Stanford

Two Gainesville High School (GHS) Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) students are competing in the STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) event "Environmental Ambassador."

There's a new weather monitoring station up and running in Lumpkin County.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) Agribusiness Committee awards program, a partnership with the Hall County Cooperative Extension, is accepting nominations for its 2013 awards agribusiness awards.

9th District Congressman Doug Collins plans mobile office hours in five counties in the district next week.

The failure of a device meant to protect the power supply to the Superdome caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium's power company said Friday as it took the blame for the outage that brought the game to a halt for more than a half-hour.

The Southern Environmental Law Center is out with its latest endangered places in the Southeast and there are some familiar items among the top 10 - including a series of reservoirs planned around Atlanta.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December because oil imports plummeted and total exports rose. The smaller trade gap means the economy likely performed better in the final three months of last year than first estimated last week.