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Hobby Lobby opens its first Gainesville store Monday morning at 9:00 with a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration.

The Gainesville Chamber of Commerce hosted the Healthsmart Expo at the Gainesville Civic Center Wednesday.

As part of the annual HealthSmart Breakfast on Wednesday morning at the Gainesville Civic Center, the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce presented the 2015 Most Fit Company Awards.

A Jackson County native and graduate of the University of North Georgia is the new Kentucky Commissioner of Education.

Two of northeast Georgia's longest-running fall festivals will be held this weekend in Gainesville and Cornelia.

A new traffic signal on Dawsonville Highway west of Gainesville became fully operational this morning.

The Helen City Commission has approved changing a planned water line, a move their engineering firm will save the city money and produce better results.

Sugar Hill City Council is considering a rezoning to allow an assisted living facility to be built on the corner of Highway 20 and Bailey Avenue.

The Georgia Retail Association (GRA) said Tuesday that the average Georgian celebrating Halloween this year will spend $74.34, compared with $77.52 last year, a decrease of just 4 percent.

Dr. Suzanne Erickson, dean of Brenau’s College of Business & Mass Communication, is one of 11 recipients of the 2015 Oxford Center for Entrepreneurs Fast Growth Award.