This is the graduation weekend that wasn’t at UGA

This was supposed to have been graduation weekend at the University of Georgia, with commencement exercises and convocations that have been canceled because of coronavirus. There are tentative plans for in-person graduation ceremonies, maybe in October for UGA’s Class of 2020.

Athens now has 176 confirmed cases of coronavirus: the Georgia Department of Public Health says the Athens COVID 19 death toll stands at 13.

The Athens Farmers Market reopens tomorrow: operators of the popular market in Bishop Park says there will be guidelines in place during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Market hours are 8am-12noon at the park on Sunset Drive in Athens.

The Nicholson City Council says Nicholson City Hall will remain closed until further notice: other government buildings in Jackson County that had been closed because of coronavirus concerns are set to begin reopening, some of them next week. 

There is federal relief money for the Barrow County School District: school officials in Winder say the County is getting $2.3 million from the coronavirus assistance fund.

The Elbert County Tax Commissioner's Office says the tag office in Elberton reopens Monday: those who plan to conduct business there are told to wear face coverings when they come into the building in Elberton. 

There is another reopening in Elbert County: the Salvation Army store in Elberton, closed because of coronavirus concerns, will be open for business three days a week, on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

A group of students from Georgia colleges holds a virtual meeting with the state Board of Regents, pleading for a pass-fail grading system for the just-completed spring semester. The students say some were adversely affected when colleges and universities were forced to implement remote learning at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The Georgia Department of Public Health puts the state's coronavirus case count at 31,609, with 1,354 deaths from COVID 19.