Ken Stanford

Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wednesday released a preliminary report documenting ten less Boating Under the Influence (BUI) arrests this Memorial Day weekend compared to last year.

The Obama administration on Wednesday named 12 regions of the country that will receive special attention under a new federal program designed to help make them more attractive to manufacturing companies looking for a place to set up operations, provide a boost to the U.S. manufacturing industry and create jobs.

Health officials on Wednesday backtracked on an earlier report that a mysterious Middle East virus had apparently spread from one person to another in the United States.

From Texas to Alabama, laws are being enacted that would greatly restrict access to abortion, forcing many women to travel hundreds of miles to find a clinic.

Investigators identified 1,700 veterans awaiting medical care at the Phoenix VA hospital but not on an official waiting list and an average wait of 115 days for a first appointment for those who were listed, the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general said Wednesday.

A shift in the political conversation on climate change will come from engaging local communities seeking solutions to the problems they're already experiencing, the Environmental Protection Agency's regional administrator for the Southeast said Wednesday.

Lawyers in Georgia reached a milestone this year in collecting more than a million pounds of food for the state's regional food banks in the annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy.

Gov. Nathan Deal Wednesday announced the approval of funding for 20 transportation infrastructure projects totaling $33 million in grants and loans provided through the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (GTIB). Gainesville is getting some of the money, as are Flowery Branch and Braselton.