Local Business News

Gas prices have inched lower for nearly two consecutive weeks, according to AAA.

​The town of Braselton is looking for input on the "walkability" of its downtown area.

The North Georgia Community Foundation has opened the application period for scholarships administered by the Foundation.

The Sugar Hill Planning Commission has given its approval, with conditions, to a new neighborhood near Roberts Elementary School along Buford Highway.

More than $250,000 will support various faculty and staff projects and initiatives in 2017 at the University of North Georgia, marking the fourth year of the Presidential Initiative Awards program, instituted by UNG President Bonita C. Jacobs in 2013.

An FFA member from Commerce was one of 75 Future Farmers of America from around the country who spent twelve days in Africa recently on what was billed as an "educational and cultural experience."

The poultry capitol of the world could always eat more chicken. And, soon they will. A Chick-Fil-A plans to open in the New Holland area, according to Tim Evans with the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce.

​Jackson EMC officials are issuing a warning to customers about yet the latest move by scammers to victimize people via the phone.

Four Lanier Technical College students have been selected as the College’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, according to Kari Register, coordinator for the school’s GOAL Program.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate increased for the fourth consecutive month to 5.4 percent in December