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Wastewater Woes: For These Appalachian Towns, It’s Always Infrastructure Week
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Kimberly Shatney lives just outside Pine Grove, West Virginia, an incorporated town of about 500 people with a big problem. Behind a small sandwich shop in town, she points to the ground caked with what looks like dry mud. “This is all raw sewage. All of that, all of this is raw sewage,” Shatney said,… Read More
Get Screened Earlier For Colorectal Cancer, Urges American Cancer Society
By: Patti Neighmond | NPR
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Noting a sharp rise in colorectal cancer among younger people, the American Cancer Society now suggests that healthy adults get their first screening five years earlier — at age 45.
For Some Hard-To-Find Tumors, Doctors See Promise In Artificial Intelligence
By: Richard Harris | NPR
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Scientists are training computers to read CT scans and in the hopes they could catch pancreatic cancer early.
2018 Gladden House Sessions Return For Fifth Season
In partnership with the Ohio University School of Media Arts & Studies, WOUB Public Media will present it’s fifth season of The Gladden House Sessions at the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. The Gladden House Sessions are WOUB’s original live music videos series, featuring short artist interviews and stripped-down performances on the porch of the historic Gladden House,… Read More
West Virginia Firms Proactive During Hepatitis A Outbreak
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia newspaper says many of the state’s business owners are dealing with the region’s hepatitis A outbreak proactively. The Herald-Dispatch reports several companies have ordered their employees to get vaccinated against the virus, with some covering the cost of the vaccine. Some counties, including Kanawha and Putnam, have strongly… Read More
Group says Ohio Needs Office to Lobby for Military Jobs
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A statewide committee says Ohio needs an office that works to protect and bring new jobs to its U.S. military sites. The group says Ohio is behind other states that already have set up offices that lobby for its military bases. The state task force appointed last year says Ohio has… Read More
Small Fire at Ruby Tuesday
Athens firefighters are investigating the cause of a small fire at the Ruby Tuesday restaurant. According to Wanda Curtis, the restaurant’s assistant manager, the staff smelled smoke in the building around 8 p.m. Tuesday and immediately called 911. Curtis says there were about 30 guests in the restaurant at the time. Athens Fire Chief Bob… Read More
WOUB’s June Pledge: a Guide
By: Emily Votaw
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June 1 through June 11 will mark WOUB’s June pledge week, and we’ve got some enticing programs lined up for your viewing pleasure that week. Check out a guide to some of the programs coming your way this pledge week below. Keep up to date about encore presentations of these programs and programming changes at this… Read More
Moving Up: Cincinnati Latest Team Added In MLS Expansion
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – Major League Soccer is adding Cincinnati in its latest round of expansion, rewarding a city that set attendance records in three seasons of United Soccer League play and agreed to a stadium deal last month. The announcement Tuesday brings MLS to a 26-team league. Cincinnati will join the league next year and… Read More
Court Hearing Canceled In Kentucky Abortion Case
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A federal court hearing scheduled for next week on Kentucky’s newest abortion law has been canceled, and the case will proceed to a trial set for the fall. A hearing had been planned for Tuesday on a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for a preliminary injunction to block the… Read More