Ken Stanford

A Gainesville woman was visiting her daughter and 10-year-old granddaughter when Hurricane Irene struck Long Island over the weekend.

Three incumbents filed re-election documents Monday morning as qualifying opened for this year's Gainesville city elections.

A two-acre, wind-driven brush fire near I-85 in Suwanee caused Gwinnett County police to close part of one road for a time about noon Monday.

A year after most Georgia insurers increased homeowners premiums by 9 to 23 percent, a new wave of increase requests is pending.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to close some lakeside recreational facilities during the off-season next year, including three on Lake Lanier.

Amicalola Falls State Park is making a strong showing in that online contest for a $100,000 recreation grant from Coca-Cola.

Crude oil prices made minimal gains last week, even as Hurricane Irene threatened the U.S. East coast.

The storm that had been Hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight but wasn't yet through with the U.S., where flood waters threatened Vermont towns and New Yorkers feared a commuting nightmare as their transit system, shut down ahead of the storm, was slowly restored.

High fire danger conditions are expected this afternoon into the evening for north and most of central Georgia due to low relative humidities.

Amtrak is resuming passenger train service in North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Irene, but service to Gainesville and the rest of north Georgia remains on hold.