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Remington Declares Chapter 11 Amid ‘Trump Slump’ In Gun Sales
The 200-year-old firearms manufacturer has struck a deal to stave off creditors as it tries to reorganize amid falls in sales and louder calls for gun control.
Lawmakers Wary of Cost to Fund Kentucky Broadband Project
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A project to bring high-speed internet capability to all of Kentucky’s 120 counties needs more than $100 million to keep it going, but state lawmakers seem… Read More
Democrat Cordray Would Declare Opioid Emergency as Governor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray says enhanced social services are key to fighting Ohio’s opioid crisis. The former federal consumer watchdog and state attorney general said… Read More
Where Social Justice and Art Meet: Speaking With Artist Traci Molloy
Traci Molloy is a Brooklyn-based multimedia artist who graduated with a MFA degree in printmaking from Ohio University in 1995. In the years since her graduation, Molloy has bene featured… Read More
What’s Next For Athens Schools?
ATHENS — Last week, Athens City School’s Board of Education approved a new facilities master plan, but that’s not the end of the story. Now that the district is moving… Read More
Study Evaluating Health Risks of Mountaintop Removal Halted
A federal study that was examining the health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining — halted last fall by the Trump Administration — is officially over. The National Academies of… Read More
PHOTOS: Kenny G at Ohio University
On Friday, March 23, the stage of the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium was graced by none other than Kenny G. The audiences enjoyed the soothing sounds of G’s sax, as well as… Read More
Meetings Set on I-64 Construction Projects in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Division of Highways is holding two public meetings to discuss Gov. Jim Justice’s road construction projects, including work planned on Interstate 64. The… Read More
Adam Remnant to Release Tales of Power Lines, Adulthood on ‘Sourwood’
The Sourwood trail is a connector trail in Sells City Park off of East State Street in Athens. Although the path is well worn and tall trees create a picturesque… Read More
Ohio Softball Sweep Sets Tone for Season
An old saying in baseball and softball is that your first at-bat says a lot about the rest of your season. For Ohio University, their first at-bat was a home… Read More
Athens Residents “March For Our Lives” in Columbus
While hundreds participated in the March For Our Lives in Athens Saturday morning, 27 Athens residents and students marched through the streets of Columbus for the same cause; to oppose… Read More
How Do I love Thee? (Sonnet 43) – Read by Christian T. Chan Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 – 1861 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee… Read More
Sonnet 90 Read by Christian T. Chan Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, Join with the spite… Read More
Shakespeare, Monologues and Sonnets
SHAKESPEARE, MONOLOGUES AND SONNETS is a new WOUB audio drama project directed by Karen M. Chan. Learning through listening and reading text, we invite actors to join us… Read More
PRINCE HAL – Henry 4 Part 1 Read by Christian T. Chan Do not think so; you shall not find it so: And God forgive them that so much… Read More
Edmund – King Lear Read by Christian T. Chan Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of… Read More
Easter Carnival Set For West Virginia Capitol Grounds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – An Easter Carnival is set for the West Virginia Capitol Complex grounds next weekend. The office of Gov. Jim Justice says the carnival will be held… Read More
Ohio Congresswoman Sets Mark For Longest Tenure By Female
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio congresswoman is now longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. House. Democrat Marcy Kaptur set the mark for the longest tenure by a… Read More
Columbus Police Body Cameras Should Be Rolled Out By June
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s largest city says the process of outfitting police officers with body cameras is ahead of schedule and should be completed by early summer. Columbus officials… Read More
Bill Makes Ohio Back-To-School Tax Holiday An Annual Event
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio sales tax holiday that benefited back-to-school shoppers the last several years will become an annual, three-day event under a bill passed by state lawmakers…. Read More