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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
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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
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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
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Locals Do Their Part At Dakota Access Pipeline
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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
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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
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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
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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