Business News

Thanks to anticipated issues with tropical storm activity in the Gulf of Mexico, gasoline prices in Georgia increased at the pump compared to a week ago.

The Georgia Department of Labor reported small improvements in July employment numbers for the Gainesville metro area.

Five South Carolina residents were arrested late Sunday night in Habersham County, charged with cutting catalytic converters off church vans and other vehicles across North Georgia.

Habersham County E911 dispatchers now are classified as first responders, thanks to a unanimous vote of the county commission.

Lewis Canup, a man who gave countless hours of his time and talents to Habersham County, will be remembered during graveside services at 3 p.m. today at Hillside Gardens Cemetery in Clarkesville.

Per a statewide judicial order, the Georgia Department of Revenue will allow property owners the chance to appeal their property assessments through Aug. 27.

Amid allegations that SK Innovation is illegally hiring employees from the company's home country of Korea for work at its North Georgia facility, Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville said he wants federal officials to investigate.

Deep financial losses have forced the closure of Northridge Medical Center in Commerce.

Piedmont College has accused the City of Demorest and some of its officials of fraud, racketeering, conflict of interest, breach of contract, and deprivation of equal protection, calling for the removal of Mayor Rick Austin and his firing as a tenured professor at the college.

Georgia's unemployment rate for July remained unchanged from June, according to a Thursday report from the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL).