Ken Stanford

Lynn Harton, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Community Banks, Inc., and President and Chief Operating Officer of the company

The good news for Thanksgiving travelers: the price of gas is at five-year lows. The bad news: a lot more people will be on the road.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce will host the local state legislative delegation at the Annual Eggs & Issues Breakfast on Thursday, December 11 from 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. at the Gainesville Civic Center.

The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits declined slightly last week.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) will hold fall commencement ceremonies for graduates of all colleges on Dec. 13-14 at the university's Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses.

Gay couples were expected to line up for marriage licenses Thursday morning at county courthouses across Montana after a federal judge tossed out the state's ban on same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, a judge issued the first gay marriage licenses in South Carolina Wednesday.

Giving thanks will be a little costlier this year, but - and here's something you can be truly thankful for - it probably won't empty your wallet.

Dissenters within the National Security Agency, led by a senior agency executive, warned in 2009 that the program to secretly collect American phone records wasn't providing enough intelligence to justify the backlash it would cause if revealed, current and former intelligence officials say.