Tag: athens-clarke county
Athens Voter Voices: Lack of Trust, Nerves Common
Georgia voters hit the polls early to vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. ...
Q&As Capture Concerns, Opportunities for Athens Leaders, Community Advocates
Reporting I students set out to learn more about the area and their beats ...
Q&A: Sosbee Says ‘Everybody Should Be Excited’ About Voting
Charlotte Sosbee is the director of elections and voter registration for the Athens-Clarke County ...
Athens-Clarke County Police Internship Helps Local Youth
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department’s internship program aims to bring young people into ...
Retired Couple Fighting Hunger in Athens
Geoff Rushing and his wife Connie have long been concerned about hunger in their ...
Try That in a College Town: One Musician’s Story
House painter by day. Singer/songwriter by night. Eli Cain is a Watkinsville, Georgia, local ...
ACC’s Clean and Renewable Energy Campaign A Generational Opportunity For Change
The Athens-Clarke County’s mayor and commission adopted a resolution in 2019 to obtain ...
Athens Considers Next Steps After Closure of First Step Encampment
First Step, a government-sanctioned homeless encampment that opened in early 2022, will close on ...
Delays, Increased Costs, Traffic: Mayor Kelly Girtz Provides Update on The Classic Center Arena
Editor’s note: Students in Reporting I covered a Dec. 1 press conference with Athens-Clarke ...
Comparing Overcrowding in Athens-Clarke County’s Animal Shelters
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, people were given stay-at-home orders. To cope with the ...
Student Organizations Cultivate Change with Sustainable Food Initiatives
Athens-Clarke County often prides itself on being a community that values the environment and ...
How Local Gardens, Farmers Markets are Feeding Athens
Feeding America reported a 13.5% food insecurity rate in Athens-Clarke County in 2021. The ...
