GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The proposal to rename Lake Sidney Lanier and Buford Dam has now been halted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The recommendation to change the name of the popular lake, which ...

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Could Lake Lanier be renamed over its ties to a Confederate soldier? A federal commission is considering renaming both Lanier and Buford Dams for their namesake’s connection to the ...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Federal officials are pausing a plan that could have lead to new names for Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Buford Dam after locals objected to changing the monikers of landmarks now named ...

Lake Lanier Association says there’s no need to change lake’s name -- or Buford Dam’s A federal commission is considering renaming both Lanier and Buford Dams for their namesake’s connection to the ...

WASHINGTON — Lake Lanier, the reservoir that has become an epicenter for tourism and recreation just outside of metro Atlanta, is so enshrined in the local economy that dozens of businesses and even ...

FILE - Radko Jonas jumps into the water to retrieve a life vest that blew away as rain clouds approach at Lake Lanier on July 19, 2016, in Gainesville, Ga. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday ...

NASHVILLE — A U.S. House Republican effort to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from renaming Georgia's Lake Lanier and Buford Dam — both of which are named for men who fought for the Confederacy ...