Ken Stanford

Summer is finally feeling like summer in northeast Georgia - after an unusually cool, wet first two-and-a-half months of the season.

Unemployment is up slightly in five counties in the 13-county Georgia Mountains region, but is down elsewhere, including Hall.

Almost 70 jobs are being eliminated at Mt. Vernon Mills in Commerce.The jobs will be moved to the company's Alto plant.

GB&T Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: GBTB), a multi-bank holding company, and Baldwin Bancshares, Inc., parent company of First National Bank of the South in Milledgeville (GA) and Lake Oconee, have completed their merger agreement.

Hall County fire officials say another arrest is possible as they continue to investigate a couple of suspicious fires in the Clermont area.

The "voice" of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) for the past eight years is retiring.

The cost of electricity is going up for some people in northeast Georgia.

A Roswell man is dead as the result of a traffic accident in Forsyth County Tuesday night.

A divided Jackson County Commission has okayed the sale of beer and wine in unincorporated parts of the county.

The Hall County commission plans a called meeting Wednesday to discuss jail expansion and courthouse renovation.