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UGA’s Spotlight On the Arts Festival
Plays, concerts, dancing and more. UGA’s Spotlight On the Arts festival is underway. The purpose of the festival is to display the art programs and offerings here at UGA. These events include anything from art exhibits to dance performances. Blue Man Group is performing tomorrow and Wednesday and Bela Fleck…
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Groundbreaking Greenhouse Project At JJ Harris Elementary School
In two weeks a local elementary school will break ground on a 40,000 dollar greenhouse project. Sarah Edwards reports that JJ Harris Elementary is making sure their students are using hands on learning approaches.
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Athens Underage Drinking Leads to Arrests
The buzz about arrests for underage drinking in downtown Athens is that there are too many of them, and that the arrests are unjustified. But Police officials in Athens have the numbers to prove that is far from the case. Reporter Emily Fernie has more on the story.
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Athens Area Humane Society BLACKOUT!
Tomorrow, October 31st, marks the last day of the Blackout program. Reporter Arin Johnson tells us how the Athens Area Humane society utilizes spook superstitions to help black animals find homes!
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Unemployment Dropping In Athens
Unemployment rates are down in the Athens Metro Area, but these rates may go back up by the beginning of next year. Grady Newsource Reporter Shannon Wiggins tells us what industries in Athens are booming. http://youtu.be/I1L_7Bq0CpE
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Athens’ School System Promotes Healthcare Initiative
Athens Clarke County School Districts is having a lot of success with a new initiative to keep their students healthy and ready to learn. The initiative is part of a federal grant to increase the enrollment of eligible students in Medicaid or Peachcare programs According to the director of…
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Athens’ Cyclist Remarks on Lance Armstrong’s Doping Scandal
Reporter Matt Clark sees how Lance Armstrong’s recent fall is influencing the Athens community.
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Good Morning America’s Ginger Zee
A star anchor on Good Morning America spoke to a group of students at UGA today about how she went from covering local new to writing national headlines. Reporters Alexandra Koehn and Kyle Taylor attended Zee’s speech. Here is Zee’s entire presentation: Homepage Image: Minh Duc Phan