Ken Stanford

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin plans to cut 1,500 jobs in its aeronautics business because of the ``changing business environment.''

A lawsuit brought by Alabama targeting water use in Georgia should go forward since negotiations over the last three months have not produced a settlement, Alabama attorneys said Thursday.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday he'll stay in his job for the "foreseeable future," addressing speculation he might leave the Obama administration following the current round of budget negotiations.

The Senate canceled its planned July Fourth recess on Thursday, but partisan divisions remained razor sharp as the clock ticked on efforts to strike a deal to avoid a government default and trim huge federal deficits.

Gov. Nathan Deal has reduced his debt to $1.3 million after draining his retirement accounts to pay down a loan for his daughter's failed Habersham County sporting goods venture, the governor's accountant said Thursday.

A 30-year-old North Hall man was arrested late Thursday morning after a manhunt in the Price Road/Mount Vernon Road area.

Starting with the bills that go in the mail Friday, City of Gainesville property owners will have the option of paying their bills on-line.

Hall County schools officials have begun notifying parents and guardians of currently enrolled students of a new state law that allows them to request a transfer of their children to another school in the county system.

Los Alamos nuclear laboratory officials say it could be a few days before they'll know the extent of how experiments at the facility that created the first atomic bomb have been affected by a shutdown caused by a 125-square mile wildfire.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was mostly unchanged last week, evidence that the struggling economy isn't generating many jobs.