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Athens' 26th annual Hot Corner Festival will begin Thursday, June 11th at 6:30 p.m. at Cine. The festival is a celebration of the city’s African-American business community.
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The Couch Crashers program is a short-term foster initiative that gives dogs living in animal shelters the opportunity to experience a home environment.
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The Athens-Clarke County Commission unanimously approved its fiscal year 2027 budget Tuesday during a special called meeting, setting property tax rates and funding priorities for the coming year.
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Athens-Clarke County commissioners are expected to adopt the county's fiscal year 2027 budget and consider placing a new property tax relief measure before voters during a special called session Tuesday night.
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Tony Adair has been appointed to serve as the new Athens-Clarke County Animal Services Department Director.
NPR News
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Ariana Grande is about to release her eighth album, Petal. With "Hate That I Made You Love Me," she continues an impressive and unusual streak on the charts.
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The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear fuel and lacks plans for radioactive waste disposal.
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The National Museum of Korea is home to the Room of Quiet Contemplation, which features two of South Korea's most treasured artworks: gilt-bronze bodhisattva statues from the sixth and seventh centuries.
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In the 9th century, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Kharizmi helped solidify the concept of algorithms in mathematics and popularized algebra and the use of the zero.
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