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Athens News Matters for August 26, 2023

The new school year is well underway, students and teachers are getting settled in, and there’s been good news from the Clarke County School District – it’s earned full accreditation through the 2028-29 school year. Earlier this week, WUGA’s Martin Matheny sat down with Tim Denson, a member of the Clarke County Board of Education to talk about that and a few other things as students get back to school.

At a commission meeting earlier this month, Athens-Clarke County commissioners got the details on a new Affordable Housing Investment Strategy – the work of ACC staff and an outside consulting firm. Earlier this week, Alexia Ridley sat down with District 8 Commissioner Carol Myers to get the details on the recommendations, and what’s next.

Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.
Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!
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