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New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Two newly released sets of government data show that the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis may finally be dropping and also reveal the scale of the pain pill… Read More

Some Ohio Planned Parenthoods Are Getting Help To Serve Low-Income Women
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio is tapping into the national organization’s emergency funds to be able to provide birth control and other health care services to low income women. This… Read More

Lawmakers Send Belated State Budget to Governor
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio would cut personal income taxes by 4%, raise the age for buying tobacco to 21 and direct $550 million for educational wraparound services such as… Read More

Vote Nears on Financial Rescue for Ohio’s Nuclear Plants
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State lawmakers are closing in on a decision on whether to OK a financial rescue for Ohio’s two nuclear plants. The proposal before the state legislature… Read More

US Government Sues for Land of Embattled WV Health Site
By: Associated Press
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – The federal government is suing a West Virginia mental health and substance abuse facility for the homeless, citing failures to provide documentation and numerous unanswered communications…. Read More

The Huntress and Holder of Hands II Gladden House Sessions 2019
By: Mikayla Schuyler
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For five years, MorganEve Swain performed with her husband Dave Lamb in lauded folk band Brown Bird, the final incarnation of which was simply the husband and wife duo. Lamb… Read More

Heat Wave to Impact the Region Friday, Saturday
By: Blake Hardesty
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A dangerous heat wave will be impacting Ohio and most of the East Coast this weekend. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for all of southeast… Read More

Bevin, Beshear Clash on Several Issues at Farm Bureau Forum
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic challenger Andy Beshear have clashed on education and health care policies during a forum before Kentucky’s most influential agricultural group…. Read More

Ohio State Reviewing Past Donations from Jeffrey Epstein
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State University says it is reviewing donations it received from financier Jeffrey Epstein who’s now facing sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. The university said… Read More

Lawmakers to Vote on Belated State Budget as Deadline Looms
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio lawmakers are expected to vote on a proposed two-year state budget Wednesday, hours before the extended deadline to pass the $69 billion spending plan. The… Read More

PBS Honored with Five Emmy® Nominations
On July 16, 2019, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards. PBS programs received five nominations including for the critically… Read More