Ken Stanford

The Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed 10 new members.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says there is "no quick fix" to high oil prices because it is an issue of supply and demand.

"From the center of the world to the edge of the Earth." So goes the slogan for an annual event in Helen which is now in its 35th year.

Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another minister.

Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow deep near the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every word.

Willie Harris snapped out of a slump with a tiebreaking three-run homer, helping the Washington Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks and Gainesville native Micah Owings 7-4 on Friday night.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is formally requesting state funding for the first state park in Hall County.

Hall County elections officials say a change in state law will change the way absentee ballots need to be completed before being returned this year.

Just like in the City of Gainesville, a school tax rate hike is in the works for property owners in Hall County.