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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.…

Families who deal with unstable housing conditions already have enough to worry about, and maintaining a healthy diet is just one more thing to add to the list. People experiencing issues with housing also tend to have a low-quality diet, according to a small study published in the journal American…

Since 2015, Athens students have been able to depend on at least one nutritionally-sound meal a day, thanks to Clarke County Schools’ free lunch program. However, the same may not be true for those who bring their own lunch to school. Few packed lunches meet the standards set for school…

Even though Caitlyn and Philip Flanagan have health insurance through their employer, the WellStar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange, they weren’t immune from the high cost of having a baby. When their daughter, Millie, was born in November 2018, they paid about $6,000 in out-of-pocket costs for the cesarean birth.…