Ken Stanford

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.

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.

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.

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.

A campaign in Gainesville to collect shaving cream for U.S. troops in Afghanistan is taking off.

Because of the lingering heat wave, extra precautions will be taken when Hall County schools open for the new year on Monday.

Around-the-clock work is planned this weekend on the resurfacing of Georgia 365 between Lula and Cornelia.

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.

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.

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.