Ken Stanford

The Standard & Poor's 500 index is ending with its first weekly loss since early August.

It's still summer, but a snowstorm blanketed parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado, setting early snowfall records in some places, covering lawns and flower gardens and providing a preview of what is to come.

Unsatisfied with a fragile cease-fire in Ukraine, the United States and the European Union levied new sanctions Friday against major Russian banks and defense companies, as well as penalties aimed at curtailing Russia's ability to develop oil and gas projects.

Georgia Mountain Food Bank's annual Empty Bowl Lunch will be held this year on Thursday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church Banquet Hall on Green Street and will honor the memory of longtime supporter Mike Banks.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) is advising motorists of a planned traffic split on State Route (SR) 13 in South Hall scheduled for Monday, September 15, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff members at the University of North Georgia (UNG) were joined by the community on Thursday night for a candlelight ceremony marking the 13th anniversary of 9/11.

The dental exam rooms at Good News Clinics in Gainesville have been named in honor of Dr. Ed Burnette, a retired dentist and longtime volunteer at the clinics.

France will join the U.S.-led airstrikes targeting extremists in Iraq as part of an expanding international effort to combat the Islamic State group, Iraq's new prime minister said after talks with the French president on Friday.

Auto buying drove U.S. retail sales higher in August, a possible sign that job growth in recent months has led to accelerated consumer spending.