Ken Stanford

Key senators have crafted a plan to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that includes eliminating air service subsidies to some remote communities.

The FBI is investigating whether a dead man in the Pacific Northwest is D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a passenger jet in 1971 over Washington state and parachuted with $200,000 in ransom.

City of Dahlonega employees can expect no pay hikes under a budget proposal now before the city council.

The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia (HSNEGA) is offering a

The Georgia Department of Labor

An unusual and lengthy ordeal for a Dahlonaga family is over after their dog chased a bear up a tree in their front yard Sunday.

Investors around the world are breathing a sigh of relief on word of an agreement to raise the U.S. government's borrowing limit and avoid a possible American debt default.

Congress is moving quickly on an agreement to avert a potentially devastating default on U.S. obligations, with legislation that mixes a record increase in the government's borrowing cap with the promise of more than $2 trillion in spending cuts.

The arrival of August is bringing with it more hotter-than-normal temperatures in Georgia.

The cost of the compromise needed to raise the federal debt ceiling likely will inflict more fiscal pain on states still struggling to recover from the recession and the end of federal stimulus spending.