By Faith Knutsen
Fundraiser supports a brighter future for girls in Uganda with much-needed feminine hygiene products
Female students in Uganda need no longer miss school when they have their period. A project in the city of Mukono that aims at providing girls…
By Corinne Colbert
The recording of Athens Mayor Steve Patterson’s lunch with county GOP leaders last week — a meeting the mayor requested — sounds more like an …
While many industries suffered major losses during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, one area faced unprecedented demand: garden supplies. This …
We at the Athens City Commission on Disabilities are writing to recommend amending the Open Meetings Act to make exceptions for individuals li…
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Man, I didn’t realize that writing my final “Wearing Thin” column would be so difficult. What a time to get writer’s block!
My Athens story began years back as a college freshman working toward her journalism degree. Like many other Ohio University students, I fell …
I was bitten by the bug. Dinner-table discussions with mom and dad, who are bother former journalists, led me to where I am today.
This week, The Daily Northwestern, the paper of record and student paper for Northwestern University, published an editorial apologizing for t…
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In less than three days’ time, the population of Athens will double. Thousands of revelers will descend on the town, anticipating a weekend of…
Dr. John Light was born in northern Ohio in 1930 if my math is correct. Very little of John’s early life would have given anyone a clue as to …
This has been a difficult week for me, as tomorrow (Friday) will be my last day working fulltime for The Athens NEWS. This weekend, I am packi…
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, delivered this floor statement on women’s health before the U.S. Senate on the evening of May 14.
Some Ohio University students earlier this week were caught in the act of saying the n-word in a Snapchat video that was later shared on Twitt…
Last Wednesday Donald Trump said: “It should be announced, probably some time next week, that we will have 100 percent of the (ISIS) caliphate…
My first assignment as an Ohio University student intern in the Athens Messenger’s newsroom was to write an article about the Starlight Ball.
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In our effort to always give our readers the best, up to date local reporting, we have recently collaborated with Ohio University students to build interactive, constantly updated timelines for stories that are important to you.
After publishing an endorsement for Jay Edwards in the Oct. 29 issue of The Athens NEWS, our staff has received ample criticism from readers o…
After The New York Times published an opinion piece written by an unnamed “senior administration official” who claimed to be part of an anti-T…
Editor’s note: The Athens NEWS is participating in a national campaign spearheaded by The Boston Globe to respond forcefully to President Dona…
A young boy finds a tree full of bright red apples near his home. Hungry, he picks one and eats it, then grabs another to bring his mother. Wh…
An “Athens Voice” comment in the June 7 issue of The Athens NEWS took a shot at the free-lunch program in public schools: “I’m still aghast th…
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The results of a new economic impact study demonstrate Ohio University’s significant positive impact on the state, region and Athens community.