Business News

Glenn Jordan is North Georgia Technical College's (NGTC) new full time Air Conditioning Technology instructor.

Gainesville resident Josh Schlieman, co-founder of Sullivan & Schlieman Wealth Management LLC in Alpharetta, has just completed Leadership North Fulton

Chris Covelli planted 1,000 zucchini seeds on his farm in southern Wisconsin this spring. Only a quarter sprouted in the parched soil. A few weeks later, he planted 1,000 more seeds and doubled his irrigation. This time, nothing came up.

The Federal Reserve appears to be moving toward announcing some new step to try to energize the troubled U.S. economy. The question is whether it will do so after its policy meeting this week.

Robert "Bob" Phillip Schwab, 91, of Blue Ridge, a one-time fixture on Gainesville radio, has died.

The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS), which strives to increase access to and attainment of higher education by promoting successful transfer for college and university students, is moving next month to Georgia.

U.S. Representative Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) plans to host a Grants and Small Business Expo from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15 at the North Georgia Technical College Currahee Campus.

Employment Plus, Inc., a Bloomington, Indiana-based full-service staffing, recruiting and HR solutions firm with over 80 locations nationwide, will host a job fair at Lakeshore Mall in Gainesville Saturday from 1:00-4:00.

Georgia contains the largest area of forest cover of any state in the South, with forests making up 67 percent of land cover or 24.8 million acres, according to a Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) Factsheet just released by the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS). While this land area remains stable, timber inventory has increased.

While most indicators point to lower oil and gas prices, speculation has kept them elevated and on the rise. Oil prices have hovered around $90 a barrel for the past three weeks and caused the national average to jump 16 cents since July 1.