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The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $92,450 in grants during its December meeting, including $59,650 to agencies serving area residents.

Banks County High School Senior Easton Payne recently placed second in the State EMC/FFA State Agricultural Education Career Development Event (CDE).

For the second straight year, Gainesville set a record in 2015 for building permits for single-family homes.

While avian influenza has hit the poultry industry hard in other parts of the country, Georgia's 9th District Congressman said state leaders here are staying on the forefront of the issue.

The story of the early days of northeast Georgia is the subject of a new exhibit opening Friday at the Northeast Georgia History Center.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation (Sawnee EMC) is preparing to return about $10 million to more than 95,000 eligible current and former members, through a general retirement of patronage capital.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that Metro Gainesville’s unemployment rate for December was 4.3 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from November

A Healthcare Science student from Barrow County has been named the 2016 GOAL winner for Lanier Technical College.

The president of an Oakwood-based poultry firm has been named the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association's "Workhorse of the Year."

Wendell Bagwell of Bagwell Insurance Group in Gainesville has achieved the On Your Side Elite Farm Certification designation from Nationwide.