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Officials Look Into Group’s Finances After Racist Obama Post
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CLAY, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia officials are investigating finances at a nonprofit group whose director came under fire after making a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on… Read More
Online Charter School Loses State Attendance Audit Appeal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge will allow Ohio’s education department to review attendance records that could force Ohio’s largest online charter to return millions of its funding. Franklin County… Read More
Proposed Rules Would Allow 40 Shops to Dispense Medical Marijuana
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – As many as 40 shops could dispense medical marijuana in Ohio under rules proposed by Ohio’s pharmacy board. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy’s proposals also say… Read More
Locals Do Their Part At Dakota Access Pipeline
By: Susan TebbenBy: Susan Tebben
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Joe DePalma planned his trip from Athens, Ohio, to North Dakota Sioux tribal lands in about eight hours. He and another local businessman, John Gutekanst, set on their 20-hour drive to… Read More
Feds: Ohio Businessman Accused in Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Federal authorities say an Ohio businessman has pleaded guilty in an investment fraud scheme in which he received at least $1 million from about 21 investors…. Read More
Feds Net $1.7M in Leasing 759 Acres of Wayne National Forest
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MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) – Oil-and-gas drilling companies from five states have paid more than $1.7 million for the right to explore parts of Ohio’s only national forest with future hydraulic… Read More
Top Tunes ’16: Doug “R@T” Brooks of Radio Free Athens
This is yet another installment of a December-long series that examines what Athens-centric tune heads have been jamming to all year long. Keep tabs on the series throughout the month here. … Read More