Grant Coordinator/Communications Specialist Holly Hollman is the media contact for the City of Athens and Athens Utilities. She coordinates interviews with Mayor Ronnie Marks and department heads. In addition, she answers media inquiries about city services. 

Press releases are sent to media representatives on the City of Athens media distribution list. If you would like to be added to this list, please contact Ms. Hollman. Press releases also are available on this page.

Ms. Hollman also shares information from the city on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and through Nixle alerts. To sign up for Nixle alerts, go to http://local.nixle.com/city/al/athens/ to receive texts and/or emails.

In addition, Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson is the media contact for police matters. Chief Johnson works with Ms. Hollman as needed but sends out his own daily arrest/incident reports to his media distribution list. Media representatives can request to be added to this list by contacting Chief Johnson at 256-233-8705.