New requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week after rising in the past three weeks. Still, claims remain much higher than they would be in a healthy economy.
Hall County will pocket more than half-a-million dollars in rent from Liberty Mutual over the next 14 months before the county completely takes over the company's Browns Bridge Road building.
Jackson County fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire Tuesday night that destroyed a detached garage at a house in Pendergrass.