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Desmond Vaird, a student at Lanier Technical College, was recently named Adult Education Student of the Year for the Technical College System of Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Labor will continue to help Lanier Islands recruit seasonal and permanent workers Saturday. The recruitment, the second in a series of three, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Hall resort.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced Thursday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 5.4 percent, unchanged from January.

A production company says it will be filming scenes from a simulated bank robbery, so the public should not be alarmed by fake gunfire and stunt driving near a metro Atlanta mall.

Georgia lawmakers have sent a contentious bill protecting same-sex marriage opponents to Gov. Nathan Deal over the objections of gay-rights advocates and concerns from major companies in the state.

If Atlanta is chosen to host a Super Bowl, people buying tickets will pay no state sales taxes under a bill headed to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's desk.

Challenged Child and Friends has named a new CEO/Executive Director, hiring a woman who most recently worked for a private school in the area.

​After spending the last three years in Arizona, a Georgia man has returned to his home state to serve as the manager of the Gainesville Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

Motorists likely noticed another week of big increases in prices at the pump.

The next phase of Hall County's Highlands to Islands Trail System is getting close to an official opening.