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VIDEO: N. Korea, Trade Dominate US – S. Korea Talks
By: Associated Press
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U.S. President Donald Trump says that he will start to reduce the U.S. trade deficit by renegotiating a trade deal with South Korea. The United States recorded a $27.6 billion trade deficit with South Korea last year. The deficit began to increase from $13.2 billion in 2011 after a free-trade agreement between the two countries… Read More
Working With Addiction: A Popsicle Plant Helps To Lick The Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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If you’ve ever enjoyed a Budget Saver twin popsicle on a hot summer day, you can thank the employees of the Ziegenfelder frozen treat factory in Wheeling, West Virginia. Floor operator Sonny Baxter keeps the line of popsicles going in the cherry-scented worksite. “You have to have a comprehension of how the line works, how… Read More
🔈 #457SEO: Everything Old is Nuclear
By: WOUB News Team
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Ohio Valley ReSoucre reporter Nicole Erwin recently did a story titled “Nuclear Option: Officials Hope Old Facility Can Fuel Growth” about how officials in Kentucky are looking to the future of their site in the Paducah/Portsmouth Project for economic development. In this episode of #457SEO, the WOUB News team tried to find out what was… Read More
Committee Hears More About Deadly Black Lung Resurgence
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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While President Trump is wrapping up a week of energy talks in Washington highlighting the benefits of coal, health and industry experts met in Morgantown, West Virginia, to discuss the resurgence of black lung disease among miners. Health researchers have called the recent rates of dust-induced lung disease in coal miners historically unparalleled. Congress has… Read More
WOUB Produces First Original Audiobook, “Freedom Star”
“Freedom Star,” a first person story of Toby – a runaway slave, is the first original children’s book written by Ohio University alumna Connie Winters. It also is the first original children’s drama produced by WOUB Public Media. The drama chronicles Toby’s journey on the Appalachian Underground Railroad. It is about keeping this memory alive in a… Read More
Ohio Insurance Company Will Drop Out Of Health Exchange
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A Dayton-based insurance company says it will drop out of Ohio’s health care exchange for 2018. Premier Health Plan’s announcement Thursday leaves 20 Ohio counties with no health insurer on the state exchange next year. Premier’s decision affects nine southwest Ohio counties. Anthem announced earlier this month it would not offer… Read More
OVST Selects Students for Sherow/OVST Memorial Scholarship
In 2016, Ohio Valley Summer Theater (OVST) received a significant estate gift to the organization’s Ohio University Foundation endowment. The gift was made possible by the generosity of Yvonne Sherow Emerson, daughter of OVST founding members Vic and Marjorie Sherow, and sister to local Athens residents Stephanie Goldsberrry, Myrdith Sherow and Gregor Sherow, all of… Read More
All Roads (Of Ohio’s Windy Nine) Lead to Athens
By: Emily Votaw
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Motorcycles symbolize a strong sense of personal independence, a certain mastery of simplicity, and the ability to just get up and go. For the second summer, Ohio’s Windy Nine, a thrilling nine-route, 1,000-mile curated motorcycle trip that deposits riders in Athens, has been providing motorcyclists with a safe, fun, and electrifying way to indulge their… Read More