A 14% cut in state spending in Georgia would lead to more than a thousand employees being laid off or bought out and thousands more being forced to take unpaid days off.
Hall County Animal Control officials said they received confirmation Thursday, May 21 that a rabid raccoon was found on Forrester Road in the northern part of the county.
Rangers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources will have an extra job responsibility on area lakes and state parks this Memorial Day weekend.
As the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses across the state, Georgia's unemployment rate hit an all-time high of 11.9% in April, according to State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler.
Following action by the Federal Communications, four Northeast Georgia counties may now receive broadcasts from Georgia television and satellite companies, specifically those in the Atlanta area.
Memorial Day will look different in Gainesville this year, but members of Paul E. Bolding American Legion Post 7 say that will be okay as long as the community remembers what the day is really about.
The state of Georgia reached its lowest number of hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients since early April, according to information released Tuesday afternoon by Gov. Brian Kemp's office.
