Athens News Matters
Saturdays at 10am and Mondays at 8pm
For over 15 years, Athens News Matters has been a vehicle to connect listeners with the stories that matter from Athens and around Northeast Georgia.
In the past two years, Athens News Matters has received multiple awards for excellence in journalism from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and the Public Media Journalists Association.
The Athens News Matters team:
Hosts: Alexia Ridley
Producer: Emma Auer
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Today on Athens News Matters, Athens-Clarke County mayoral candidates sit down for a debate covering topics like homelessness, public safety, affordable housing, and more.
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Today on Athens News Matters, candidates for the Clarke County Commission in District 1 on their priorities for development. Plus, an award-winning local film sparks discussion about addiction in the community.
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Today on Athens News Matters, a candidate for Clarke County School District's school board in District 7 presents his platform. Plus, Winterville’s Marigold Collective branches out into brick and mortar.
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Today on Athens News Matters, chaplain Craig Topple on his run for the District 5 Commissioner’s seat in Athens-Clarke County. Plus, photography and conservation with a local travel show producer.
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Today on Athens News Matters, Athens-Clarke County’s new poet laureate on what inspires her. Then, why one Athens doctor decided to focus on menstrual health.
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Today on Athens News Matters, the groundbreaking work at UGA on rubella vaccine recommendations. Plus, learning French? The tool that may make the accent easier to pick up.
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Today on Athens News Matters, the organization that helps families navigate the foster system. Then, gardening with dismantled and repurposed guns.
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Today on Athens News Matters, candidate for Athens-Clarke County Mayor Sharon Miller on how she would work with county commissioners.
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Today on Athens News Matters, why advocates are celebrating changes made to proposed data center ordinances.
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Today on Athens News Matters, what local pro wrestling circuits say about the human experience. Then, a Winterville exhibit reveals a little-known side of music icon John Lennon.
