The Georgia Department of Labor announced Friday that the unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains area jumped four-tenths percent in January to 3.8 percent, up from 3.4 percent in December.
Federal officials and a Gainesville advocacy group have launched a campaign to improve safety training for Latino workers in construction and other fields.
Hall County authorities said Tuesday the 16-year-old girl who was found Monday on Hope Road and claimed she had been kidnapped was listed as a runaway when she disappeared.