Ken Stanford

The call is going out for volunteers for this year's Tour de Georgia when it comes through Gainesville in a few weeks.

The Gainesville College and the Division of Natural Sciences has accepted a $5,500 Poultry Science Education Funding Program grant from the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association.

A hearing that was to have been held Friday on a suit challenging the March 2nd special elections in Flowery Branch was postponed.

The president of North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega plans to retire in January.

Despite a recent chill and an unusually dry spring, peach growers in Georgia and South Carolina say they expect an excellent crop this year that may be even sweeter than usual if the dry conditions continue through harvest time.

On the heels of word of plans for another bank in Hall County, comes news of plans to open a new bank in the Braselton area.

A man who keeps a close eye on economic and growth trends in northeast Georgia suggested Thursday there is a need for a major retail initiative on the part of the chamber of commerce in Gainesville.

A zoning ordinance for high voltage transmission lines was approved by the Hall County Commission Thursday.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce has released a detailed itinerary for the Georgia chamber's industry-hunting Red Carpet Tour when it rolls into Gainesville next month.

The developers of a proposed high-rise condominium complex on the shores of Lake Lanier in north Gainesville plan to discuss the project at a community preview meeting next week.