On this past Election Day, June 16, 2026, ACC Commissioner Dexter Fisher made history by becoming the first Black mayor of Athens-Clarke County. He reflected on his win.

Juneteenth weekend in Athens celebrated the city’s first black mayor and its previous black elected officials.

The Athens-Clarke County government will dole out nearly $3 million in funding for affordable housing projects this fall.

Pam Knox has spent her career as an agricultural climatologist and the director of the University of Georgia’s Weather Network.

Several key partisan and nonpartisan races were on the ballot Tuesday, June 16th in the runoff election. Voters in Georgia decided who would be the Republican candidates for both Senate and Governor races.

Continental Army soldier John Pumphrey enlisted as a teenager in 1777 and fought at significant battles before his death in action against the British in Camden, S.C.

Denver renters are celebrating falling housing costs. But sometimes cheaper housing is a sign of economic decline. How can you tell the difference?

As U.S.-Iran talks continued, a break in the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to be in the works.

While workers, who were employees in government or public institutions, feel vindicated by how their lawsuits concluded, they are still grappling with the aftermath.