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Council Approves Sidewalk Enhancements For West Union
By: Susan Tebben
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The new layout of West Union Street is on the way after Athens City Council passed an ordinance Monday to fund the project. The council suspended the rules to speed up the process of approval of $75,000 in appropriations for expanded outdoor space and a narrowed two-lane road in front of businesses on West Union… Read More
Webb Wilder to Kick Off Stuart’s Free Summer Concerts
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio kicks off their free Summer Concert Series on Friday, June 24 at 7 p.m. with Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks! Rock ’n’ roll from Nashville formed from Mississippi mud and tinged with British mod and bruised by the blues, this music is baptized by Buck and Chuck, psychiatric psycho-rootsy… Read More
Athens City Tax Increase Heads To The Ballot
By: Susan Tebben
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The first tax increase in three decades is headed to the ballot after Athens City Council approved the measure Monday night. At their last regular meeting before a summer break, council approved a resolution taking a 0.2 percent income tax increase to the November ballot. The increase, if approved by voters, would take the tax… Read More
Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic Kick Off Tour at ARTS/West June 29
ARTS/West will present a performance by the Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic on June 29 at 7 p.m. The first stop on the 2016 Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic tour is ARTS/West! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and donations are welcome at the door. Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic, America’s premier youth fiddling show band from Saline, Michigan, astounds audiences every… Read More
OVST Youth Theater Camp Performances June 24
The Ohio Valley Summer Theater’s (OVST) ninth annual Youth Theater Camp will present two performances Friday, June 24 at ARTS/West in Athens. Both performances are a culmination of three weeks of training in stage craft, costumes, theater tech and movement offered by the camp via training by professional and community theater actors and designers. This year’s OVST Youth Camp… Read More
Athens County Commissioners Approve Public Road Consent for Mining Operation
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, OH — The Athens County Board of County Commissioners has approved an agreement with a mining company regarding mining through or within 100 feet of Johnson Run Road. Commissioners Tuesday morning signed off on a Public Road Consent with Oxford Mining Company, LLC “beginning at a point at the junction of Johnson Run Road… Read More
Inmate Walks Off Logan Work Site
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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An inmate from a correctional facility in Nelsonville walked off a work site Monday, and is still at large, according to law enforcement. Logan police confirmed that Rodney Landis, of Lancaster had walked away from a work program at a Logan food bank where he was set to work. He is currently an inmate at… Read More
LISTEN: Hot Fracking Waste Disposal Problems
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The energy that lights up, turns on, cools and heats our lives leaves… a trail of waste. And the waste from the gas drilling known as “fracking” is often radioactive. Reporter Glynis Board, with the Ohio Valley ReSource, and the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity found that spotty regulation of this “hot” waste creates ripe… Read More
2016 Gladden House Sessions: Aoife O’Donovan
By: Lily Aey
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Indie singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan joined the Gladden House as the first set of the 2016 season. O’Donovan draws influence for her music from her summers spent in Ireland, and recently released a second album, In The Magic Hour, which lyrically draws upon themes of memory and mortality. In The Magic Hour is the follow up album… Read More
Strickland Announces Women’s Policy Initiatives
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland of Ohio is appealing to the women’s vote with a package of policy initiatives that he says promote strong families, economic equality, health care access and affordable child care. The former congressman and one-term Ohio governor announced his positions Monday in tandem with launching Women… Read More