Ken Stanford

Gainesville College President Martha Nesbitt has been named the 86th President of the Georgia Association of Colleges.

Red, white, and blue are expected to be the colors of choice at many Gainesville and Hall County schools Wednesday - the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Voters in Hall County head back to the polls Tuesday for the general election runoffs - with only three local races on the ballot.

West Nile Virus has been found in three more dead birds in Hall County.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is planning a number of bridge renovation projects in the Gainesville area, including one that will close a Dawsonville Highway span at night for several weeks.

The state will seek the death in a Hall County double-murder which occurred in March.

A nearly 50-bed addition to the Northeast Georgia Medical Center is in the works.

Charges and counter-charges are flying in the hotly contested race for the South Hall commission post which will be decided in a runoff next Tuesday.

A Gainesville church has erected a memorial to the 9/11 victims.

North Georgia College & State University has opened its first apartment-style residence hall.