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Jackson County residents will have the option to vote in-person both early and on Election Day, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.  Nov. 3 is marked on people’s calendars across the country as the day America will decide on what the next four years of government will look like. But how will…

Are you tired of talking about COVID-19? I know I am.  Yet in every conversation, it’s the one thing I can’t stop talking about, and for good reason. COVID-19 has changed almost every aspect of our lives, from how we can interact with our loved ones to the way we…

A local parent is challenging the Athens community to give and save. Jenn Thompson is encouraging people to swipe their Pandemic Electronic Benefit (P-EBT) card at the Athens Farmers Market to get their benefit funds doubled, purchase goods for half price and donate the original amount swiped to the Athens…

Daniel Ellis began long-distance cycling as a way of getting more exercise during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. But when he takes to the road in the month of September, he does so in honor of a dear friend. Ellis, an Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputy, is taking…

The Barrow County School System returned to in-person classes on Sept. 8 to the relief of parents whose children experienced difficulties with digital learning. Parents also had the option to continue distance learning. The school system chose to start classes virtually this semester after more than 90 staff members were…

The City of Watkinsville began the process of making wholesale changes to the traffic signs within city limits during the city council’s monthly meeting on Wednesday. Shannon Brock, chief of police at the Watkinsville Police Department, brought forward a proposal that would set the maximum speed limit within the city…

If you told me a year ago that I’d be hosting a podcast about journalism in the middle of a pandemic, I would have called you crazy. But this seems to be the year of crazy, right? Open any news app and read the headlines from the past six months.…