Ken Stanford

Members of a Gainesville National Guard unit, expected to deploy to Iraq next year, will leave home next week to begin training for the war zone.

The state and a private nonprofit organization have joined forces to try and improve recreational use of the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area (WMA).

Two towns in Northeast Georgia - Cornelia and Toccoa - are included in a new U.S. Census Bureau designation known as a "Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) plans to close a section of road near the busy Hog Mountain/Spout Springs road intersection after noon Thursday, necessitating a detour that will probably be in place for about 45 days.

A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) will arrive in Gainesville next week to examine the workings of the Hall County Sheriff's Office.

Work crews are getting ready to switch traffic as the reconstruction of of the Queen City Parkway Bridge in Gainesville continues.

A landmark restaurant in Forsyth County was gutted by an overnight fire.

New reports show the disproportionate impact HIV is having on minorities in Georgia, and what researchers say are important differences in how minorities view HIV/AIDS compared to whites.

Three northeast Georgians are among the winners in the 2004 All-State Festival of Art & Design which was held recently at Brenau University.

Thursdays in December will be special in downtown Gainesville again this year - starting this week.