Northeast

  After losing 10 percent of its employment base in one fell swoop back in 2006, folks in Hart County had a hard preview of what the Great Recession could bring. That was the year Springs Global – the last…

  For most people the mention of Athens and Clarke County brings to mind memories of fall afternoons spent at Sanford Stadium cheering the Bulldogs on to another football victory. Although this small city in the smallest county in Georgia…

  Located in the northeast corner of Georgia, White County is a study in contrasts. There are lush forests and majestic mountain vistas that call out to lovers of nature and beauty. Some visitors are charmed by Cleveland’s small-town square…

  Rabun County sits serenely in the northeast corner of Georgia. This land of lush forests, placid lakes and breathtaking mountains is the kind of place where people come to be charmed by the natural wonder.  Yet all the outdoor…

  Georgia marble from Pickens County has been used to beautify buildings such as the U.S. Capitol, customize countertops, mark graves and – in a pulverized form – keep chewing gum from sticking to its wrapper.  But the “Marble Capital…

  Drive north on Interstate 85, and as the sprawl of Atlanta starts to fall away, the traffic thins and you find yourself in Jackson County. At some 60 miles northeast of the city, it is on the exurban edge…

  When Gainesville economic developer Tim Evans an-nounced last summer that 34 new and expanded businesses created 1,140 new jobs and nearly $250 million in capital investment during 2010-2011, it must have seemed like the good old days were back.…

  Athens bands have become as much a part of the community’s culture as the mighty Georgia Bulldogs. This musical clout was brought to bear recently to help preserve a massive historic landmark in the midst of a tough economy.…

Few counties in Georgia offer as much of a contrast as Oconee, with its bustling Highway 316 commercial corridor in the north and its wide-open spaces in the rural south. The beauty of this is that it’s all by design,…

Bo Chance has seen the pattern before: first, the faraway look; then, the wide-awake consciousness that may have come from the splash of a cold mountain stream or the sudden realization that what is really important is right here, right…