Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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ANNOTATED: Sam Perez Talks About Covering the Athens Area Diaper Bank
Riley Armant is a graduate journalism student at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Athens Music Walk of Fame Markets Music Tourism
The Tourism Product Development group was a group of 12 tourism professionals who studied how the city of Athens’ music assets can increase tourism and visitor spending. The Athens Music Walk of Fame was chosen for its capability to incubate talent, prioritizing diversity, market music tourism industry, and ensure economic…
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‘We’re Here Because of Ya’ll’: Police, Church Leaders Gather With Watkinsville Community for National Event
The Watkinsville Police Department joined over the weekend with local church leaders and members to connect with the community in light of the pandemic and protests across the country about police brutality. This was one of many events happening across the United States organized by Faith & Blue, a national…
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BikeAthens: Laying Foundations for Transportation
Nonprofit BikeAthens works to expand equity and safety for bicyclists and pedestrians in Athens, Georgia.
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Madison County Farm Owners Bring Corn Maze, Exotic Petting Zoo to Northeast Georgia
Walking through a corn maze can be exciting and mysterious. The tall stalks of corn loom overhead, and with each turn the path becomes more difficult. But the process to grow a maze is harder than it looks. Broad River Corn Maze farm owners Michelle Kaye and Jennifer McClure realized…
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Avid Bookshop Reopens Its Doors, Navigates Pandemic
UPDATED: 1:56 p.m. October 7, 2021 UPDATE: This week, Avid Bookshop opened for browsing on Tuesdays in addition to the regular Wednesday-Saturday hours. “One of the darkest moments of last year was when I realized that I wasn’t doing what I found most fulfilling at the job, which is connecting…
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Milledge Avenue Church’s Pumpkin Sale Raises Funds, Promotes Inclusivity
The Milledge Avenue Baptist Church’s pumpkin patch is a fall tradition for some students and area residents and an annual fundraiser for the congregation. It opened Oct. 3, and students in Prof. Lori Johnston’s Religion Reporting course on Oct. 4 interviewed clergy, volunteers and shoppers for quick-turn stories. Their social…
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Lay Me Down to Rest: COVID-19’s Impact on Local Gravediggers
The jaws of the machine tear and pull at the stubborn ground like a mechanical madman. Dirt clods fall from the teeth of the machine as gravediggers force the ground to make way for another body — another COVID-19 body. This is what the gravediggers at Master Grave Service,…
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Oconee County Brings in Specialized Van to Determine Road Repaving Needs
Lights flash behind David McGhee as he begins his 390-mile journey surveying roads in Oconee County. McGhee is an operator with consulting firm Infrastructure Management Services or IMS. He is traveling through the county in a van equipped with state-of-the-art lasers to analyze the road conditions. “I collect all the data that…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Paul Eidson
Paul Eidson, U.S. Air Force, retired Once word came in that the United States was under attack, his unit issued a Threatcon Delta, which is the highest awareness level of security for a terrorist attack, and that was the only time he experienced that call. He said experiencing 9/11 reinforced…