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Remington Declares Chapter 11 Amid ‘Trump Slump’ In Gun Sales
By: Scott Neuman | NPR
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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
By: Associated Press
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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
By: Associated Press
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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
By: Emily Votaw
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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?
By: Susan Tebben
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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
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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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
By: Associated Press
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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’
By: Emily Votaw
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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
By: Tyler Corbit
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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
By: Kaitlin Kulich
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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
By: Associated Press
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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
By: Associated Press
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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
By: Associated Press
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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
By: Associated Press
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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