Every other Wednesday, Ash Dasuqi and their partner, Misty Porter, host board game meet-ups for LGBTQIA+ youth in the Athens area.

The League of Women Voters of Athens County had already made its impact on local races prior to voters making their way to the polls and casting their ballots Tuesday.

Fentanyl test strips were decriminalized in Ohio in early 2023, making it easier to ensure safety when it comes to drug use.

The Ohio House of Representatives unanimously passed an amended version of Collin’s Law, an anti-hazing bill, Friday, following unanimous approval from the Ohio Senate June 16.

Collin’s Law, which originally passed the House of Representatives during the previous legislative session, was reintroduced into the Ohio Legislature in early March following the death of Bowling Green State University student Stone Foltz from an alleged hazing incident.

Charles J. Ping, Ohio University's 18th president, died Monday at his home in Athens, according to a university news release.

Over the summer, student employees at West 82 were told to remove their pronouns from their name tags, bringing attention to outdated policies in Culinary Services and sparking a conversation.

According to research conducted by the Appalachian Regional Commission, as of 2019, Appalachian Ohio has a poverty rate of 14%. The entirety of the state has a poverty rate of about 12%, according to 2020 U.S. Census data estimates.

As an eighth grader at Dempsey Middle School, I was tasked with choosing my classes for my freshman year of high school. I stared at the numerous pages of classes until one stopped me and I said, "What the h— is journalism?"