Bryan Pirkle

A new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered estimates of how much of a potent greenhouse gas is being leaked by the natural gas industry despite rapid growth in production.

Ninth District Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville will be home next week, hosting his first town hall meetings since taking office in January.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for numerous Georgia counties, including several in our area.

The Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a bill through Congress allowing the agency to withdraw furloughs of air traffic controllers and other workers.

A Dawson County woman says a black bear that attempts to break into her home on many nights has her fearing for her personal safety.

Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge.

Forsyth County authorities Wednesday afternoon said the Georgia State Patrol is investigating the traffic accident that killed one person Wednesday morning on Highway 369.

A state-mandated ban on outdoor burning goes into effect Wednesday, May 1 in more than 50 Georgia counties, including Hall, Forsyth, Barrow, Jackson, Lumpkin and Gwinnett.

Two high-ranking officials at the state Department of Agriculture resigned after hosting a drunken party during a government-funded training session and then going skinny dipping with several employees, according to an investigation released Wednesday.

Two high-ranking officials have resigned at Georgia's Department of Agriculture.