Tag: athens-clarke county
Athens-Clarke Hits Public Safety Milestones Amid Ongoing Reforms
Athens-Clarke County has recorded zero murders through September — a first in the county’s ...
Athens Implements North Thomas Street Crosswalk, Public Safety Measures
Athens-Clarke County will add a pedestrian crossing on North Thomas Street near The Classic ...
Elementary School Custodian Named Employee of Month
Sallie Smith, a custodian at Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary, arrived at work in the ...
Athens Water Festival creates awareness for water conservation
Area children splashed and adults learned more about the water they use everyday at ...
Linnentown Descendants Still Wait for Apology from the University of Georgia
Linnentown descendants gather at Ebenezer Baptist Church West in Athens on June 23, 2024. ...
Adopt-A-Mom Celebrates Single Mothers as Unseen Heroes this Mother’s Day
Every Mother’s Day, The Ark, a nonprofit organization that supports single mothers with financial ...
Historic Athens Program Repairs Houses to Make Reparations
Donna Archibald was born and raised in Athens, but when she needed to replace ...
From California to Georgia: Importance of Proactive Wildfire Management
The devastation serves as a reality check,” says Jacqueline Gewert, a 21-year-old psychology and ...
Woman-owned The Avenue Athens Strives to Give Back to Community
The Avenue Athens is one of many women-owned businesses in the Northeast Georgia region ...
Williams Farm: Teaching the Next Generation of Farmers
Nin Youngblood tightens a leak coming from the fish fertilizer on a warm Friday ...
Q&As Reveal Community’s Sense of Hope, Worries for 2025 and Beyond
Reporting I students set out to learn more about Athens-Clarke County and their beats ...
Q&A: ‘Not Enough Money’ to Meet Athens-Clarke County Affordable Housing Need
Melinda Lord, director of housing and community development in Athens-Clarke County, discusses how the ...
