Local Business News

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative Atlanta Opportunity Fair hopes to get more than 30 U.S. companies, including Starbucks, Five Guys, FedEx and Walmart in touch with older teens and young adults Thursday.

Braselton Mayor Bill Orr honored his predecessors and brought the town’s centennial celebration to an official close with the unveiling of oil portraits of all five mayors at a reception Friday.

Cornelia-based Circle of Hope, which serves people in three northeast Georgia counties affected by domestic violence, has received a $5,000 donation from the Safeco Insurance Make More Happen program and the Jack Bradley Agency.

The state Board of Regents has approved a Master of Accountancy program for the University of North Georgia and school officials say it will be offered on the Gainesville campus.

The Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation recently awarded each of 26 local high school seniors with a $4,500 scholarship.

A meeting on the Gainesville campus of the University of North Georgia next month will showcase the opportunity the film industry brings to all of Georgia.

The Colonel William Candler Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution recognized outstanding students and community leaders April 12 at their annual Awards Tea at First Presbyterian Church in Gainesville.

The 2018 Spring Chicken Festival will raise money for a new scholarship program for students who plan to study agriculture science or poultry science

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday morning Gainesville set more records in March as all of its critical job measures trended in the right direction again.

Georgians are seeing highest gas prices since hurricanes Irma and Harvey with prices at the pump reaching $2.66 statewide.