Ken Stanford

The City of Gainesville's garbage and recycling pickup schedules will be altered the next two weeks because of the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

The newly widened portion of State Route 400 southbound will open between State Route 141 and McFarland Parkway in Forsyth County Friday.

'Tis the season to spend with family and friends, and this year Americans are traveling in record numbers, according to AAA.

Four University of North Georgia employees were honored at the University System of Georgia's Chancellor's Service Excellence Awards recently in Atlanta.

The Clerk of Hall County Superior and State Courts has been named to a new term on the state Superior Court Clerks Cooperative Authority.

Peach State Federal Credit Union has made a $50,000 donation to Piedmont College benefitting the Dr. Robert H. Wainberg Natural Sciences Research Fund.

Hall County's administrative offices, courts and community centers will be closed Dec. 22-Dec. 25 for the Christmas holidays, as well as Jan. 1 for the New Year's holiday.

During Brenau University’s winter commencements Saturday, the institution’s President, Ed Schrader, challenged the 429 graduates receiving diplomas to be open to change in their professional and personal lives.

A Gainesville woman recently experienced the adventure of a lifetime - scaling a portion of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, at 29,029 feet.