B.J. Williams

Details need to be ironed out, but the Hall County Commission is prepared to vote this week on a resolution to give incentives to any county employee who gets a COVID vaccine.

COVID hospitalizations at Northeast Georgia Health System facilities are now approaching the level of the first peak in April 2020.

Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.97 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline.

Retired Gainesville educator and local historian Helen M. Martin will sign copies of her inaugural book Beyond the Jewels and Grandeur: The Houses on North Green Street at an event on Aug. 18, 2021 at Central Baptist Church in Gainesville.

Starting Monday, Aug. 30, residents of Habersham County will have new ways to request burn permits.

The popular Anna Ruby Falls Recreation Area in North Georgia will be closed for several days during the month of August so repairs can be made to fencing along the interpretative trail to the falls.

The state has seen an increase in COVID-19 vaccinations since a rise in infections fueled by the delta variant of the virus, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday.

A Gillsville man wanted for shooting and injuring a man Thursday night remains on the run, and authorities are asking the public to be on the lookout for him.

A 25-year-old photo from the Olympic Torch Relay in Gainesville leads to a bittersweet story of the city's youngest runner

Even though COVID case numbers continue to rise locally, Hall County's school superintendent said Tuesday there are no plans at this point to mandate masking for students.