Ken Stanford

Higher fuel prices stung the parent of AirTran Airways, causing the usually profitable discount carrier to post a $12 million first-quarter loss.

There is renewed talk of a possible merger of some Gainesville and Hall County services as a way of saving money.

All flight restrictions in German airspace have been lifted, paving the way for more flights into one of Europe's busiest airports, and airlines announced they had lost at least $1.7 billion during the volcanic ash crisis.

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Phone books will stop dropping on doorsteps in Georgia's larger communities... six of them in northeast Georgia.

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center Auxiliary recognized its volunteers Tuesday at the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon held at the First Baptist Church Banquet Hall.

We now know more about the North Hall crash Monday night that sent one person to the hospital with critical injuries.

Part of an outside wall at a Gainesville department store was covered in graffiti by vandals who apparently struck sometime Monday night.

WNEG-TV in Athens, which is owned by the University of Georgia, is in danger of shutting down because of declining revenues.

A state Senate panel has restored funding for the Georgia Council for the Arts.