Jerry Gunn

President of Gainesville's Norton insurance and real estate agency Frank Norton warned his 2011 Native Intelligence audience Thursday night to forget about economic recovery; he said think about evolution.

Gainesville industry leaders whose companies received Industry of the year awards Wednesday at the Second Annual Industry Appreciation Luncheon spoke of recovery after two tough recession years.

Gainesville City Manager Kip Padgett said Tuedsay night it might be another week or more before the city tallies up the cost of last week's snow and ice storm.

An estimated 300 marchers began Gainesville's 41st observation of Martin Luther King Day Monday afternoon with a march from downtown Gainesville to Fair Street School.

Gov. Nathan Deal says he wants the state better prepared if there is another winter storm like the one that hit Georgia last week and will hold a meeting this week to discuss just that.

Living historians with Confederate ancestors began their observance of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War Sunday with a memorial service at the grave site of Southern General James Longstreet, who spent his post war years in Gainesville and died and was buried in Gainesville 104 years ago

Georgia's new governor was blessed Sunday morning at his home church, First Baptist Church on Green Street in Gainesville.

North Georgia cities and counties are beginning to try to get a handle on how much this week's snowstorm has cost them.

Gainesville City Manager Kip Padgett said Tuesday that the snow storm that hit Gainesville left beauty behind but it came with hazards.

Northeast Georgians woke up Tuesday morning to repeated warnings on radio and television to stay off the roads. The reason was simple. While there was no ice accumulation overnight, what was already there had frozen over.