Athens-Clarke County
Reporting about Clarke County, Georgia. Some stories will be republished in the Athens Banner-Herald as part of a news-academic partnership with Grady Newsource.
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Northeast Georgia Papers Find More Pros Than Cons In Corporate Ownership
Dalia Perez · Consolidation Collaboration: News Consolidation in Northeast Georgia Tom Law has been the publisher of his local newspaper, the Toccoa Record, for over 20 years. He attributes one thing with enabling his career in community journalism: the acquisition of his paper by a large publishing company, Community…
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Kids In America: Athens Art Program Opens New Opportunities
As high school arts budgets continue to see cuts across the nation, a teacher reopens the door to creativity for young people in the Athens area with Youth Space 2021. This free, youth-led arts intensive and social practice program is housed in classrooms and gallery spaces at the University of…
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Local School Lunch Program Expands To Continue Feeding Children During Pandemic
The USDA recently announced that it will extend school lunches for the summer of 2021 due to Covid-19. This past school year, the school system developed a flexible model for distributing school lunches which included in person, curbside, and home delivery. School nutritionists in Athens-Clarke County worked to ensure that…
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Reign Streiter Reveals Origin of Billboards That Blanket Athens
Reign Streiter is a real estate agent with Give Back Real Estate in Athens. He is better known as the man with the shaved head, who in 2006 started placing billboards throughout Athens. A conflict with the sports marketing department of the University of Georgia played a part, Streiter…
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FARM Rx Strives To Cure Illnesses With Fresh Food
Food As Real Medicine Rx (FARM Rx) is a program at the Athens Farmers Market dedicated to helping those in the underserved communities of Athens by providing fresh produce and classes to creating a healthier lifestyle. Through partnerships with other local efforts and healthcare providers, FARM Rx is able…
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Local Emma Amos Exhibit Is Breakthrough For Diversifying Art Museums
There is a rare exhibit on display at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens. This is because an exhibit of art work entirely by African-American female artists is rare indeed. The Emma Amos: Color Odyssey exhibit is exactly this, and you may view it in person at the…
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Roadside Recovery: Athens Organization Fights to Overcome Addiction Despite Pandemic
While the COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly paused services across the country, one support system can’t be stopped. Access Point of Georgia is trying to remedy the effects of the opioid epidemic by providing people with clean syringes. In the middle of Athens, a little table on the side of…
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Saving The Environment One Person At A Time: How Changing Individual Habits Creates Sustainable Change
A morning alarm rings through a bedroom in an apartment just off the campus of the University of Georgia. Logen Roberts, a senior at UGA, wakes up and wanders into her bathroom, turns on the tap, and begins brushing her teeth. She washes her face, gets dressed and heads out…
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Undocumented Student Alliance Campaigns for Rights of Immigrants and Students
The Undocumented Student Alliance at the University of Georgia partnered with the Hispanic Student Union to host their first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic on, Tuesday, April 13. The organizations gathered on the same day that the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents, who have upheld…
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How This Athens Business Went From Closing to A Multi-Seasonal Outdoor Dining Experience
Last Resort Grill owner Melissa Clegg has reinvented her business model in the face of COVID-19 restrictions, as told to Hayley Croke. Hayley Croke is a junior majoring in journalism and minoring in film studies in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University…