Businesses, restaurants, churches and schools around the Athens community are offering free Thanksgiving meals and various ...

Cicadas have long been a mysterious phenomenon in the American South, living for long years under the soil before emerging ...

Along a shady strip of Hull Street downtown, beside the historic Morton Theatre between Washington and Clayton streets, a ...

Democrats Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson have delivered an upset in Georgia’s off-year special election Tuesday, defeating ...

Local businesses are a powerful economic driver in small cities like Athens, collectively employing a large number of people ...

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What happens now? That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters who marched, rallied and danced all over ...

With Gregory Frederick and Frank Russell behind the camera, Athens GA Live Music seeks to document local and touring bands ...

Athens-Clarke County could net $15 million, much of it for affordable housing, if the commission agrees to a land swap with developer Core Spaces for a downtown student apartment complex, but an ...

More than 20,000 Athens residents lost their food benefits Saturday, Nov. 1 when money for the federal Supplemental Nutrition ...

State Rep. Marcus Wiedower (R-Watkinsville) is resigning his seat, setting up a special election to replace him. The ...

AthFest Educates has opened performer applications for the 2026 AthFest Music & Arts Festival early this year, which is scheduled for June 26–28. See the press release below. AthFest 2026 Performer ...