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With state funding approved recently, the University of North Georgia (UNG) plans to open an instructional site this fall in Blue Ridge.

The Suwanee Farmers Market opens at Town Center Park Saturday, May 2. It will be open each Saturday from 8:00-12:00 through October 3.

Several Saturday events have been postponed or canceled because of rain and the threat of severe weather.

Two annual events scheduled for Saturday in Mt. Airy have been postponed.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) Friday hosted student counselors, admissions officers, financial advisors and others from University System of Georgia (USG) institutions in a one-day conference about increasing financial literacy among high school and college students.

Jackson EMC recently awarded Allison Walls, Flowery Branch High School senior, with a 2015 Walter Harrison Scholarship, named in honor of a rural electrification pioneer.

For the first time in the history of Georgia's technical colleges, a school has back-to-back winners of the coveted Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction.

The owner of two Helen restaurants/bars will get to keep her license, despite being accused of keeping one of those establishments open until nearly 4 a.m. March 28, contrary to city ordinances.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce's 107th Annual Meeting and Gala will be held May 14 at Chattahoochee Country Club.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that the unemployment rate in the Northeast Georgia region for March was 5.8 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 6.0 percent in February.