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The head of the Gainesville-based Georgia Mountas Regional Commission plans to retire before the end of the year.

The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance in Georgia declined by 45.9 percent in February, compared to January. They were down in Gainesville by just over 17 percent.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce's Wisdom Project was featured recently in the Wall Street Journal.

The popular "Food Truck Fridays" are returning to Suwanee's Town Center Park after a hiatus for the winter months.

The Lanier Technical College SkillsUSA team picked up several medals, including five "golds," in recent competition with other schools.

Lanier Islands will continue recruiting both seasonal a permanent workers Saturday

Hall County mobile home taxes, as well as those for other counties across the state, are due April 1 this year, which is a month earlier than in previous years.

Lee Hemmer was named chairman of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Thursday.

The manager of the Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Hall County expects the venue to shatter previous year numbers for area economic impact this year.

Gainesville attorney Ashley D. Bell was named this week as one of 25 "On the Rise" honorees by The Daily Report, a legal publication based in Fulton County.