Ken Stanford

Brenau University in Gainesville pumped approximately $64 million into the northeast Georgia economy in fiscal year 2003, according to a recently released economic impact study.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center officials have settled on a 113-acre tract at Thompson Mill Road and Old Winder Highway for a South Hall hospital.

The Georgia Office of Homeland Security (OHS) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) have reimbursed Hall County Fire and Emergency Services $155,527.88 for search and rescue equipment.

More than $17 million worth of new home construction was okayed last month in Gainesville and Hall County.

The Southeastern Section of The Wildlife Society recently honored Kent Kammermeyer, state Wildlife Biologist based in Gainesville,
with the 2005 Career Achievement Award, announces the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Wildlife Resources

The calendar for April 23 in Gainesville just got more crowded with the addition of the first Chicken City Spring Chicken Cook Off.

A memorial service is planned Wednesday for a longtime teacher at Wauka Mountain Elementary School who died Sunday following an extended illness.

A celebration will be held Sunday at East Hall High School honoring the boys' basketball team and the state championship it brought home a couple of weeks ago.

A candlelight vigil will be held in downtown Gainesville Saturday night to mark the second anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.

A fire on North Puckett Road in Buford Sunday scortched several acres and destroyed two barns and several antique cars.