Helen News

Consovella Foote spent many years getting up and serving others during meal times at the Athens-Clarke County Senior Center.

Helen has its hot-air balloon race and has for 35 years now, but for 40 years, Gainesville has had its own spectacular aircraft show: the Cracker Fly-In and Saturday is the day for this year's event.

That moment when the doctor walks into the room and says, "We have a match," already had come for Adam Cashin.

The Chattahoochee National Forest has turned over management of a popular tourist site in north Georgia to a private contractor.

The Chattahoochee National Forest has turned over management of its most popular tourist attraction to a private contractor.

A Methodist youth group from Armstrong Chapel in Cincinnati, Ohio, enjoyed a week of summer fun in the Northeast Georgia Mountains.

Beat Summer Gas Prices With gas prices hovering at a record high of almost $4.089 for the national average, what is a family man to do with his brood on the weekends for a nice family outing of fun.

Your Live Oak Public Library card can get you free admission to Georgia's Revolutionary War Historic Site at Fort Morris near Sunbury.

The next two weekends will be a busy time for many talented people across Northeast Georgia.

Residents in northeast Georgia now have the ability to work wirelessly anytime, anywhere.

Two Northeast Georgia men were recently ordered to pay fines and restitution for ignoring property lines and building structures on Chattahoochee National Forest land.

In case the name doesn't tell you, Morning Washburn is a flower child. She got back to the land as a 23-year-old in 1971 and never left.

This colorful photograph taken by White County balloonist Tarp Head during a previous hot-air balloon weekend in Helen captures a bit of the excitement in store for Helen and all its visitors during the 2008 ...

"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.

Cody Richardson, 14, of Cleveland flashes a big smile at the water park. Helen Water Park opened just in time for Memorial Day and the county's peak tourist season.

Nominate your dad as White County's Father of the Year. The White County News will publish the winning write-up in the June 12 edition, along with a last-minute gift guide.

Upset! Upset! Our Summer of 64 challenge turned up some big surprises in the very first round.

Click here to take survey. AUGUSTA, GA - The Hopelands Gardens Concert Series and the CSRA Jazz Fest have emerged as surprising new favorites in the Metro Spirit Summer of 64 Challenge.

“They don't consider the costs associated with having a pet.”

By Debbie Gilbert dgilbert@gainesvilletimes.com It's getting to be a common sight in some Georgia communities: A home gets foreclosed on and the family moves out in a hurry, leaving a stack of their belongings ... via The Times

“There have been a lot of agents that have really gotten our hopes up, but unfortunately they haven't panned out”

"She was trying to talk to me and was trying to get the door open at the same time," Ms. via Augusta Chronicle Online