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4:29PM ( 10 hours ago ) News Alert

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
Southeast a holdout in mandating renewable energy
States across the country are gradually forcing or cajoling their electric companies into buying renewable energy, but the trend has fallen flat in the Southeast.
12:19PM ( 13 years ago )
Comment period on managing Chattooga River rec areas extended
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is extending the comment period on the environmental assessment (EA) on Managing Recreation Uses in the Upper Segment of the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River Corridor by 15 days. Comments are now due by Aug. 30.
9:55AM ( 13 years ago )
Lanier Tech, NGTC hosting town hall meetings on workforce development
The Governor's Office of Workforce Development is hosting a series of 31 town hall meetings over the next four months, including sessions at Lanier Technical College in Oakwood and North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) in Clarkesville.
9:34AM ( 13 years ago )
Fair St. school demolition set for October
The wrecking balls are expected to begin leveling Gainesville's historic Fair Street school in a few weeks to make way for a new complex.
9:08AM ( 13 years ago )
'Operation Shaving Cream' taking off
A campaign in Gainesville to collect shaving cream for U.S. troops in Afghanistan is taking off.
8:24AM ( 13 years ago )
Hall schools planning extra precautions against heat when school begins Mon.
Because of the lingering heat wave, extra precautions will be taken when Hall County schools open for the new year on Monday.
7:40AM ( 13 years ago )
'Round the clock work planned on Ga. 365 this weekend
Around-the-clock work is planned this weekend on the resurfacing of Georgia 365 between Lula and Cornelia.
5:42AM ( 13 years ago )
Jury convicts 5 officers in post-Katrina shootings
A federal jury on Friday convicted five current or former police officers in deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, a high-profile victory for the Justice Department in its push to clean up the city's troubled police department.
7:45PM ( 13 years ago )
Deal accountant 'shocked' to learn buyer of Habersham Co. property owns adult businesses
The California businessman who purchased property from Gov. Nathan Deal owns several adult businesses but plans to turn the north Georgia site into a large-scale pawn shop for boats and cars, his attorney said Friday.
7:28PM ( 13 years ago )
Mexico files brief in Ala. immigration lawsuits
Mexico and 15 Central American and South American countries have asked a federal court to consider their briefs in support of lawsuits seeking to overturn Alabama's new immigration law.
12:12PM ( 13 years ago )