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For more on the challenges facing farmers – and the disturbing growth in suicides among farmers, we turn to Anna Scheyett, a UGA professor of social work who has been researching this for years.

Our panel discusses the sole finalist in the Clarke County School District’s search for a new superintendent, as well as competing economic development plans from Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp, and the rest of the week in news.

Georgia’s most recent statewide survey of bald eagle nests – the first in five years – shows a record number of nests in the state, but not all the news is good for these regal raptors.

Town & Gown Players present A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. Edwardian style and classic farce ensue when middle-class Englishman Monty Narvarro learns he is actually part of the nobility. He relentlessly pursues his rightful earldom, accompanied by hilarity, stunning operatics and an array of unforgettable characters.

Many rural counties in Georgia don’t even have one primary care physician. That’s a problem in a state that ranks near the bottom in multiple health indicators. Some programs in South and Middle Georgia have actually been successful in bringing doctors to places that don’t have enough.

Board members approve naming former CCHS principal as sole finalist for district's top job.

In brief: Governor calls for $1B in state income tax rebates and $1B for homeowners; ACC to get $25M from feds for North Ave facelift; Trump hires ATL defense attorney; judge throws out verdict in infant death

Reported monkeypox cases in Georgia increased by nearly 65% in the last week, with the CDC documenting 775 cases statewide.

Clarke County Board of Education members are set to take another step towards hiring a new superintendent at their meeting this evening.

In brief: Kemp touts $21B in investment; Abrams tests positive for COVID; no second chance for Georgia Guidestones; USG launches comparison website