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Mayor Kelly Girtz broke a tie in favor of a land swap for a student housing development north of downtown that will net ...

The Athens-Clarke County Commission split along familiar lines in approving Commissioner Mike Hamby’s budget proposal that, ...

Local officials in red and blue communities around the country are puzzled as to how they landed on a since-retracted U.S.

If you were around in the middle of the last century, you remember those “Get US out of UN” signs along the roadsides.

The AthFest Music & Arts Festival downtown this weekend won’t be just a good time—it’s for a good cause, too. The festival ...

A list of 14 states, 298 counties and 200 cities deemed immigration sanctuaries by the Trump administration has disappeared ...

Beyond the auditory arts, AthFest is also amplifying the visual arts through the third annual Athens Art Book Fair. This ...

In another AthFest-affiliated event, 10–15 local writers who submitted via open call will be performing spoken word poetry ...

Plantation Buffet, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy. (always an extremely awkward combination), has been sold to new owners ...

With Gregory Frederick and Frank Russell behind the camera, Athens GA Live Music seeks to document local and touring bands gracing stages across the Classic City. Explore the whole archive and ...

Mad about your ever-rising electric bills? Now you have a chance to do something about it. After elections were delayed for ...