Ken Stanford

The unemployment rate in the 13-county Georgia Mountains Region is down two-tenths of a percent - and the Hall County rate is also down slightly.

The Lake Lanier Association

State Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox is spending a lot of time in Northeast Georgia these days.

Jackson County voters Tuesday approved a $70 million school bond referendum.

A wreck slowed noontime traffic Tuesday on a busy thoroughfare on Gainesville's north side.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center contributed over $693 million to the local economy in 2002, according to a report recently released by GHA: An Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.

Governor Sonny Perdue and state Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox Monday presented five Georgia schools - including East Hall High - with trophies highlighting their marked improvement in SAT scores.

State Route 246 in Rabun County south of Sky Valley - closed to traffic last week when part of the road was washed away by floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Ivan - has reopened but with a gravel-like surface.

Plans are complete for a new downtown Gainesville arts festival next month.

Hall County is the top egg-producing county in Georgia, which is the number six egg production state - and the government is proposing new safety standards for certain egg farms.