Emma Auer

During a commission work session Tuesday, County Manager Bob Cowell said that the county expects to collect an extra $1.6 million. He said some of the money will go to funding county employee salary increases and police pensions. Manager Cowell said the remainder should go back into the county’s fund balance, or reserves.

Nearly 1000 undergraduate students at the University of Georgia will present their research Monday and Tuesday in Athens.

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, death rates from the flu are breaking records in the state.

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report: For more than 15 years, Georgia has been under Department of Justice oversight for how the state treats people with disabilities and mental illness.

The Athens-Clarke County Commission decided to hold off on a vote for the plan that will guide how the city grows over the next several decades.

O-Jeremiah Agbaakin is a PhD student in the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Georgia, specializing in poetry.

Across the US, thousands of women have sued pelvic mesh manufacturers, and some have fallen prey to a lawsuit scheme designed to profit every player but the victims themselves.

The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission heard from experts about affordable housing policy changes on Tuesday.

Today on Athens News Matters, an insect zookeeper showcases her residents. And—the holiday music WUGA’s team has on repeat.

The funds will cover costs related to the aftermath of the mass shooting that took place at Apalachee High School last September.