Ken Stanford

The state Department of Transportation will open bids Friday on the widening of a seven-mile stretch of Friendship Road in South Hall.

Health care spending has eased up recently, bringing a welcome respite for government and corporate budgets. But experts who track health care's economic indicators like the vital signs of a patient disagree on the diagnosis and what the future holds.

The Georgia Supreme Court Monday agreed with a state Court of Appeals Court ruling upholding a Jackson County child molestation conviction.

Jason Cox, has been named the new CEO of Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega.

The Sautee Nacoochee Community (Chorale (SNCC) is preparing for its Summer 2012 program.

Authorities ordered more evacuations as fire crews struggled against powerful winds fueling a wildfire that has charred more than 87 square miles of forested mountains in northern Colorado.

World leaders expressed relief on the eve of a G20 summit that Greek voters had stepped back from the edge and elected a government that supports painful reforms in exchange for a European Union bailout of the country's troubled economy.

Occupants of four Cornelia duplex units had to find somewhere else to stay overnight Sunday after a vehicle went out of control and left their homes unstable.

Mitt Romney is refusing to say that he would overturn President Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the country.