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Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (OVR) — Jessalyn Brown met Kyra Higgins through theater. “I saw her on stage and I was just like, ‘This girl is so good!’ She was just amazing.”… Read More
Driven Off The Road And Assaulted: Animal Rights Group Confronts Alleged Cockfighting In Southeastern Ohio
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio (OVR) — Members of an Illinois-based animal protection group say one of their members was assaulted and another was driven off the road recently after confronting a… Read More
Answering Your Questions About The COVID-19 Vaccines
FRANKFURT, Ky. (OVR) — The arrival of the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was met with cheers around the Ohio Valley as the first doses were administered to front-line… Read More
Do You Have Questions About The Covid-19 Vaccine?
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The coronavirus vaccines are coming. After a year dominated by quarantine, lockdowns and far too many deaths and illnesses, the arrival of vaccines produced by two… Read More
Despite Voting Restoration Thousands Are Still Disenfranchised In The Ohio Valley
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — After more than a decade, Kentucky resident Guy Hamilton-Smith voted this year for the first time in the state. Even though he didn’t vote in person… Read More
Blackjewel Coal Moves To Liquidate, Leaving Millions Unpaid To Workers And Regulators
WHITESBURGH, Ky. (OVR) — The convoluted bankruptcy of coal company Blackjewel has hit another turn of events as the company’s former CEO moved to liquidate the company. A federal judge… Read More
“Diseases Of Despair” Deaths Drop Slightly But Still Higher In Appalachia
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — New research shows that deaths due to the mix of substance use disorder and suicides known as “diseases of despair” declined slightly in 2018. But… Read More
Ohio Valley Divide: Vote Analysis Shows Bluer Cities, Deeper Red Rural Places
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — President-elect Joe Biden received a bigger turnout in the Ohio Valley in 2020 than Hillary Clinton did in 2016. So did his opponent Donald Trump. In… Read More
Sicker Staff, Fewer Beds For Rural Hospitals As COVID-19 Spreads Through Ohio Valley
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (OVR) — Dr. Kirk Tucker, chief clinical officer of Adena Health Systems in Chillicothe, Ohio, said a week before Thanksgiving that the health system’s three hospitals in southern Ohio… Read More
Lawmakers, Union Urge Mine Safety Regulators to Act on Silica Dust
WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — A group of Ohio Valley senators says a watchdog agency’s recent report shows that federal regulators must do more to protect coal miners from silica dust, an… Read More
Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End
WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — With hundreds of thousands across the Ohio Valley struggling to make ends meet, a suite of coronavirus aid packages, including rent and utility relief funding, eviction… Read More
Study Links Increased COVID-19 Transmission To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster
HENDERSON COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — A study published Thursday in a prestigious scientific journal links significant increases in COVID-19 transmission rates to meatpacking plants, especially those facilities that the federal… Read More
Federal Watchdog Finds Coal Safety Regulator Not Protecting Miners From Silica Dust
WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — The Mine Safety and Health Administration is not doing enough to protect coal miners from deadly silica dust, according to a new report from the Department of… Read More
What Biden’s Plan For “Building Back Better” Could Mean For The Ohio Valley
BARLOW, Ky. (OVR) — David Meinschein’s teachers, staff and students have sacrificed a lot this year amid the staggering challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. He opens the door heading inside… Read More
Older Veterans Face New Fight As Coronavirus Surges In Region
FRANKFORT, Ky. (OVR) — On Monday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear delivered his daily briefing on coronavirus, which is surging across the Ohio Valley. Eleven more Kentuckians had died that day…. Read More
Ohio Valley ReSource Adds Important Measures To Ohio COVID Data Tracker
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The Ohio Valley ReSource has expanded its COVID Data Tracker to include more measures to help you better understand the spread of coronavirus in Ohio, including the… Read More
Ohio Valley Lawmakers React to Trump’s False Statements Undermining The Election
WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — Polls had barely closed in the U.S. when President Donald Trump falsely alleged voter fraud and claimed prematurely to have won the election, saying “We will… Read More
Ex-Massey Energy CEO Draws Thousands of Votes For President In Closely Contested States
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (OVR) — Former coal executive Don Blankenship, who went to prison for his role in the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia, drew about 55,000 votes… Read More
Are You Having Trouble Voting? Tell Us.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The Ohio Valley ReSource has partnered with ProPublica’s Electionland, a collaborative project among local and national newsrooms around the country to report on voting problems. We’d… Read More
The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?
LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — This fall, Lexington, Kentucky, activist and artist Devine Carama launched a different kind of road trip across his home state. He visited a dozen cities and… Read More
Last-Minute Voting Questions In The Election Home Stretch
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — The conclusion of this most unusual general election is only a few days away. On Tuesday, November 3, people will make their way to polls,… Read More
Advocates Say Citizen Mining Complaint Process Weakened By Rule Change
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (OVR) — Environmental and community advocates in Appalachian coal communities are concerned about a new federal rule, finalized this week, that is changing the process that allows citizens… Read More
Ohio Valley Coal Mine Executive Bob Murray Dead at 80
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (OVR) — Robert E. Murray, the founder and former president and CEO of Murray Energy Corp., formerly the largest privately-held underground coal company in the country, has… Read More
Bob Murray Announces Retirement From Coal Company He Founded
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (OVR) — After applying for black lung benefits, Robert Murray, founder and former president of the now-bankrupt coal company Murray Energy Corp., announced Monday he was leaving the… Read More
ARC Investing Over 15 Million In Ohio Valley Economic Projects
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — The Appalachian Regional Commission is investing another $43.3 million in communities affected by the downturn of the coal industry. The latest POWER grants from the ARC will support 51 projects… Read More
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