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Multi-County Issues Fail to Garner Voter Support
By: Atish Baidya
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Voters Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike, and Ross counties rejected a 1 mill levy for the Paint Valley Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board (ADAMH). The levy would have… Read More
Washington County School Districts, Ambulance Services Fare Well In Primary
By: WOUB Staff reports
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Marietta’s school districts and ambulance services got what they asked for in the May Primary Election. Marietta City School District’s 2.95 mill permanent improvement renewal levy passed with 64 percent… Read More
May Primary: Full Election Results
For full election results from tonight’s May primary, click here!
Pop Culture Art Opening and ‘Tales From the Flipside’ Performance
On May 12, ARTS/West will host a 5 p.m. pop culture themed art exhibit opening reception with light refreshments. At 7 p.m., BDC Entertainment and Ratha Con present Tales From The Flip-Side… Read More
Ratha Con Screenings at the Athena Cinema
Leading up to Ratha Con on May 13, there will be a screening of two films by California filmmaker, Russ Emanuel at the Athena Cinema. First film will be his award-winning… Read More
‘Plants Behaving Badly’ Back on WOUB-HD May 10
By: Emily Votaw
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Ohio University greenhouse manager Harold Blazier handles the green and crimson speckled, fleshy body of a pitcher plant’s signature pitfall trap on a humid afternoon in early May with a… Read More
Nelsonville Music Festival to Host Three Pre-Parties in Athens
The Nelsonville Music Festival takes place June 1-4, 2017 in Nelsonville, Ohio with Ween, They Might Be Giants, Emmylou Harris, Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis, Rodriguez, Cloud Nothings and over 50 more… Read More
Suit Aims to Block Fracking Plan for National Forest in Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A coalition of conservation groups has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking plans to allow fracking in eastern Ohio’s Wayne National Forest. The Sierra Club, Ohio… Read More
West Virginia Attorney General Seeks Input on Card Skimming
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s attorney general has sent a letter to gas stations and convenience stores across the state asking for information on ways to raise awareness and… Read More
Defense: Exclude Confederate Flag Shirt at Officer’s Retrial
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – Attorneys for a white former University of Cincinnati policeman charged with killing an unarmed black man say jurors at his retrial shouldn’t see the T-shirt with a… Read More
Regional Group in Kentucky Collects Nearly 3,000 Pounds of Old Meds
By: Associated Press
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LONDON, Ky. (AP) – The anti-drug coalition made up of several eastern Kentucky counties says it has collected nearly 3,000 pounds of old prescription medications. Operation UNITE said in a… Read More
More Ohioans Getting Treated for Gambling Addiction
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – An increase in the number of Ohioans treated for gambling addiction in the past two years is attributed not only to the effects of casino legalization… Read More
Ohio House Budget Returns Some Medicaid Control to Lawmakers
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state budget bill poised for a final vote in the Ohio House would move some control over Medicaid expansion from the governor to lawmakers but… Read More