Local Business News

After a quiet start, major U.S. stock indexes again set all-time highs Thursday as the market built on a surge the previous day.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a report that includes several drought-related proposals that would impact Lake Lanier and other parts of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin.

Ron Quinn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peach State Bank & Trust, announced Tuesday afternoon that Steven Pettit has been promoted to Assistant Vice President.

Residents of the Village at Deaton Creek in Hoschton once again collected dozens of toys to help fill the Christmas wish lists of the children served by Hall County's Edmondson-Telford Center for Children.

Fuel prices are still rising after members of OPEC agreed to reduce crude oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day.

Scammers aren’t giving utility customers a break for the holidays, even going so far as targeting local small business owners, according to Jackson Electric Membership Corporation.

Four participants in the Hall County Correctional Institution's REACT (Re-entry Accountability Court Transition) program recently completed a welding certification program.

​Grace N. Hewell, a well-known Gillsville folk potter and member of the Hewell's Pottery family has died.

Employees of the Wrigley Gainesville Factory recently participated in a food drive and a coat collection campaign to benefit North Georgia charities.

Gas prices leveled off over the weekend, after declining for more than three weeks, according to Sunday's fuel price report from AAA.