Ken Stanford

Lanier Islands is making plans to for simultaneous debut next month of a new winter attraction, Winter Adventure, and the return of the long-running Magical Nights of Light.

The tunnel under Browns Bridge Road, connecting Cresswind developments on the two sides of the road, has been finished and plans are in the works to return the road in that area to its old alignment.

Noted sculptor John Douglas Powers' newest work, “Locus,” is on display now through Dec. 14 at the Piedmont College Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art in Demorest.

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Commissioner Russell McMurry says the Highway 82/15Alternate over Big Curry Creek in Jefferson has received the 2015 Georgia Partnership for Transportation Quality Award for the best Bridge Deck Steel Cover Statewide.

Trustees attending the October meeting of the North Georgia Technical College Foundation Board were pleasantly surprised by a visit from Susan Baker of Habersham EMC.

The Tanger Outlet Center Commerce will host a very special event as part of its month-long Breast Cancer Awareness & Fund-raising campaign.

U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., Tom Carper, D-Del., and Chris Coons, D-Del., are calling on South Africa to act immediately to allow U.S. poultry exports to South Africa to resume.

Georgia Lottery officials are questioning whether the daily fantasy sports industry can legally operate in the state.

The Gainesville City School System was recognized recently with the Golden Radish Award, a statewide farm-to-school distinction which acknowledges the leadership of school representatives in building comprehensive farm-to-school programs.