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Hanna named top Banner-Herald editor
A newsroom veteran will take the reins of the Athens Banner-Herald today, replacing departed executive editor Jason Winders.

Plum Voice Has Banner Year in 2011
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and survey utility leader Plum Voice experienced record growth again in 2011—the company's best year ever. In 2011, Plum's cloud-based (hosted) IVR service, premise-based systems and telephone survey platform fueled record sales.

Forum: Advice to the Banner-Herald: Be the watchdog
Executive Editor Melissa Hanna's recent column on the Banner-Herald's quest for reinvention prompted me to provide some historical context that reveals change has been the constant in Athens newspaper journalism (Column, "Reinvention is newspapers' challenge," Aug. 16). What's missing today is competition.

Vandals flip signs, create road hazards
Vandals who turned 35 road signs -- including warning signs -- upside down earlier this week created a dangerous situation for motorists along Ruth Jackson Road in Bogart, Oconee County Roads Superintendent Michael Weathers said Wednesday.

Nu Skin Concludes Banner Year for Its ageLOC® Anti-Aging Research
PROVO, Utah, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., (NYSE: NUS) today announced the conclusion of another banner year for its ageLOC® research. Nu Skin accelerated its anti-aging research in 2011 with more than 30 scientific presentations, posters and articles at various prestigious conferences and symposia around the world.

Athens Banner-Herald Best & Brightest scholarship winner
Krizel Roque of North Oconee High School is the 2009 Athens Banner-Herald Best & Brightest scholarship winner.

Dennis' banner year isn't over just yet
Who could blame Madison County golfer Lee Dennis for not wanting 2010 to end?

Banner-Herald all-area wrestling team
First team