With the opening of a new Wal-Mart in Dawsonville, 350 people have new jobs and several non-profit agencies and organizations are nearly $30,000 richer.
The number of building permits authorized in Gainesville and Hall County nosedived last month but the man in charge of the department that issues them says it's nothing to be worried about.
As the final hours of campaigning wind down in the hotly-contested race for the GOP nomination for the state Senate seat from Gainesville, the state Supreme Court is poised to hear an appeal of a lawsuit over the makeup of the district.