Corinne Colbert
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Athens County Independent
Co-founder & EIC @AthensIndy | Ex @TheAthensNews @ohiou @TheInBIA @OhioHistory @MariettaTimes @IntelligencerWV | No matter where you go, there you are
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1 week ago |
athensindependent.com | Corinne Colbert
This is Al Maloney. Since last October, they’ve been a part of the Indy team as an AmeriCorps service member. On April 25, DOGE gutted the AmeriCorps program. On May 1, Al joined the Independent as our full-time production manager. Hiring Al was an easy decision: In just seven months, they’ve become indispensable to our operations. Losing them would put a serious strain on our ability to maintain our current level of productivity.
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1 week ago |
athensindependent.com | Corinne Colbert
ATHENS, Ohio — Athens voters rejected a proposed .03% addition to the city’s income tax that would have brought the rate to 2.25%. The issue failed by 14%, with 835 votes against the tax and 625 in favor, according to unofficial results. Only 17 residents cast ballots in the primary without voting on the tax issue. Just over 11% of the city’s 15,620 registered voters cast ballots in the primary election.
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2 weeks ago |
athensindependent.com | Corinne Colbert
ATHENS, Ohio — In two press conferences and a town hall sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Athens County held earlier this month, the public had opportunities to hear City of Athens officials explain why they want voters to increase the city income tax from 1.95% to 2.25%, beginning next year. In December 2024, Athens City Council passed an ordinance to seek voter approval to raise the city income tax from The .3% represents a 15% increase overall.
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4 weeks ago |
athensindependent.com | Corinne Colbert
At Monday’s press conference about the proposed city income tax hike, Athens City Auditor Kathy Hecht addressed a question about the city’s loss of $722,000 in a phishing scam. After noting that such crimes are all too common, Hecht leveled an extraordinary claim:We got delayed in our initial efforts to find out what happened … by information leaked that ended up in the newspaper.
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4 weeks ago |
athensindependent.com | Corinne Colbert
As part of its nonpartisan voter education and empowerment efforts, the local tenant advocacy group United Athens County Tenants has conducted our second candidate questionnaire to date on local housing issues – this time for the 2025 contested Democratic primary races for the first ward and at-large seats on Athens City Council.
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Many thanks to @s_peppered of @NiemanLab for her thorough and sensitive reporting on a touchy subject. We need frank conversations about what we mean by “saving local news,” and I hope this is a first step in that direction.
Can't make it to Athens for this awesome FREE event? Thanks to the Revada Foundation and the Tyler Weymouth Endowment, you can watch a livestream on Friday or check out the recording anytime from The Post's YouTube channel (https://t.co/yufIf4uLyZ) https://t.co/d03MmMuYP4
This is the first thing that popped up when I opened this app: An ad for a far-right “news outlet.” This, y’all, is why @AthensIndy won’t be posting new content on the platform formerly known as Twitter. https://t.co/GkwbbZ9nuZ
