Ken Stanford

The Milken Institute's latest ranking of the Best Performing Small Cities in the country has Gainesville coming in third.

Inspired by a number of area children and their families battling a childhood cancer diagnosis, BGW Dental Group joined with its patients to make a difference, donating $4,135 to CURE Childhood Cancer.

The University of North Georgia Department of Criminal Justice has opened a high-tech firearms simulator and forensics house.

The Enota Masters Builders Lego Robotics Team has advanced to state competition after winning awards at the regional and super-regional levels in the FIRST LEGO League robotic competitions.

The federal government is awarding grants for broadband projects to increase access to job training, educational and health care services in rural Georgia, including Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens counties.

Daniel Hill of Rabun Gap has been named North Georgia Technical College’s 2018 Georgia Occupational Award for Leadership. Hill is an accounting student at the Clarkesville campus.

President Donald Trump hasn’t backed away from his unsubstantiated claim that millions of illegally cast ballots cost him the popular vote in 2016, but his efforts to investigate it appear to have stalled.

A Lula woman has been named to the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority.

An entertainment venue is proposed for Chestatee Road and a dog daycare and grooming business is in the works for Friendship Road, with both applications headed to the Hall County Planning Commission next month.

Brenau University’s online graduate education and MBA programs rank among the top online higher education programs in the United States, according to the 2018 listings compiled by U.S. News & World Report.