Better Business News, Bear Sighting and More

We’ll start off this recap of the week that was with news that we brought you on Saturday. were slightly improved over January’s figures, as well as last February’s statistics, thanks to new jobs. But the state still has some catching up to do before it gets down to the national average.

The financial picture definitely improved for a Dallas woman .

While her family might be in good fiscal shape, one local organization, the Boys & Girls Club of Paulding County, hopes to have community support .

We’ll end the look at money and business on an event that happened outside the county. We took our camera to the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce After Hours event, which drew attendees not only from Cobb but also Paulding County. .

Early in the week, we got word of . Better hide your pic-a-nic baskets, Boo-Boo.

In crime news, .

We live-tweeted (and posted the tweets on our site) during Thursday’s public hearing regarding the proposed phaseout of P.B. Ritch Elementary. .

In other school news, this time at the college level, three North Paulding High football players .

For those hoping to pursue a college education, the Paulding County University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners .

Getting away from school issues, and some already have since it’s Spring Break in Paulding, we gave you for those not looking to leave Georgia for the holiday period.

We let you know about two free educational programs— and .

Looking for deals in Dallas, Hiram or nearby? We brought them to you in Wednesday’s edition of “.”

Finally, another recurring feature we brought you on Wednesday is one we typically give you on Mondays—our video on the “.” We’ll resume the feature on its regular day tomorrow.

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