The Clarke County Board of Education selected interim Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Scott as the sole finalist to permanently lead the Clarke County School District during its May 14 meeting.

St. Mary’s Health Care System is getting a $35 million expansion. The new facility will be added to the Baxter Street campus and will be dedicated to heart health and cancer.

Athens nonprofit The Cottage is hosting its annual fundraiser, Athens’s Got Talent this weekend.

Crowds continued to turn out for the final day of early voting on Friday.

Jules Bruck, who currently serves as director and professor of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Florida, has been appointed as the college’s new dean, effective July 1.

The new map was drawn by Democrats and approved by Virginia voters, but the state Supreme Court declared the referendum null and void because lawmakers failed to follow the proper procedures to get the issue on the ballot.

Gov. Jared Polis' controversial commutation follows a pressure campaign by the Trump administration to free Tina Peters, an ex-county official who was convicted of tampering with election equipment.

The hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has potentially exposed passengers to a deadly disease. Most returning Americans are now housed in Nebraska. Some may be cleared to quarantine at home.

FIFA's official 2026 World Cup song is "Dai Dai" from Shakira and Burna Boy. There are a number of factors that shape which songs define a tournament — and endure beyond it.