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Amid Black Lung Surge, Kentucky Changes Benefits Process For Miners
By: Benny Becker | Ohio Valley ReSource
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William McCool is a 64-year-old former coal miner from Letcher County, Kentucky, with an advanced form of black lung disease. Health experts say the condition is entirely preventable with dust… Read More
FACT CHECK: Has Citizenship Been A Standard Census Question?
By: Tamara Keith | NPR
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said a question about U.S. citizenship was included in every census from 1965 to 2000. Census history tells a more nuanced story.
Ohio Veterans Center to Begin ‘Enrollment Fairs’
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – The Dayton VA Medical Center is hosting what’s planned to be the beginning of quarterly benefits enrollment fairs in western Ohio. Officials say the goal of… Read More
OU Welcomes Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert April 3
On Tuesday April 3, 2018 in Memorial Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., Ohio University’s Frontiers in Science Lecture Series welcomes Elizabeth Kolbert. She is an American journalist and author, who won… Read More
More West Virginia to Get Golden Trout
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – More golden trout than expected will be stocked in West Virginia’s lakes and streams. The Division of Natural Resources says in a news release that due… Read More
OU to Host Annual Spring Literary Festival April 11-13
By: Natalie Colarossi
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Ohio University will be hosting its 33rd annual Spring Literary Festival April 11-13, providing the Athens community an opportunity to engage with five distinguished writers in poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. The… Read More
Kentucky Auditor Examining Troubled Broadband Project
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s auditor is investigating a troubled broadband project that is years behind schedule and has cost taxpayers millions of dollars in delays. But the report won’t… Read More
One Man, 3,000 Pounds of Clay, and Five Screens: Speaking With Artist Erik Zohn
By: Emily Votaw
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Erik Zohn is a third year Ohio University School of Art and Design MFA Ceramics candidate. For his thesis project, he chose to expand on a peculiar brand of isolation… Read More
Law Limiting Opioid Prescriptions Signed in West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s governor has signed legislation to limit opioid prescriptions that doctors can prescribe to treat acute pain. Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday signed the bill… Read More
Long Road Ahead for Forest Managment Plan
By: Elise Hammond
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ATHENS, Ohio — More than forty people came to the Ohio Division of Wildlife Office on Tuesday to share their views about a three-year process to revise the Wayne National Forest… Read More
Ohio Bobcats Swimming and Diving Team: In and Out of the Water
By: Thomas Garverick
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The life of a college student-athlete is nonstop – just ask the Ohio Bobcats Swimming and Diving Team. The team is in the pool practicing from 6-7:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays… Read More
Xylouris White to Play Free Show in Stuart’s Grand Lobby March 29
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio hosts a free evening of music with Xylouris White in our brand new Grand Lobby on Thursday, March 29 at 8 p.m. For their… Read More
Needle Exchange Program To Resume In West Virginia City
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia health department will resume its needle exchange program once it can comply with new rules issued by a police chief. Kanawha-Charleston Health Department… Read More
Kentucky State Commission Proposes Longer Deer Season To Thin Herd
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission has recommended extending the deer season for some hunters to 16 days, along with other changes to help thin the… Read More
Vatican Approves Proposed Hospital Acquisition
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – The Vatican has granted its official blessing to a proposed West Virginia hospital acquisition, the last step needed before the transaction could be finalized. The Pallotine… Read More
City Councilman Accuses Cincinnati Mayor Of Bribery
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – A Cincinnati council member has accused the mayor of bribery, a claim the mayor’s office says is part of a “long line of silly political stunts.” Councilman… Read More
Roads to Memphis | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Coming Tuesday, April 3 at 8
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Roads to Memphis Traces the Fateful Journeys of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Earl Ray to Their Deadly Collision in Memphis Broadcast on Tuesday, April 3,… Read More
With Seriousness and Satire, Top Scholar Examines Climate Change in Trump Era
The serious side of Dr. Michael E. Mann approaches his battle with the climate change deniers in the Trump Administration with scholarly excellence. But, the author side of Dr. Mann… Read More