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Athens County School Board Gets Community Opinion on New Schools
By: Anna Azallion
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The Athens County Board of Education is moving forward with a plan to completely renovate multiple buildings in the school district. Schorr Architects, the company designing the new buildings gave… Read More
Historic Boats at the Pomeroy Sternwheel Regatta This Weekend
By: Connor Kurek
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If you have never seen a sternwheel boat you have a chance this weekend: 12 sternwheels are docked in Pomeroy to provide the backdrop for the town’s own sternwheel festival…. Read More
Born Exposed: Schools Seek To Help Children Exposed To Drugs In The Womb
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Students line up single file behind teachers at West Elementary in Athens, Ohio, for. the walk downhill from the brick building to board buses or meet up with the person… Read More
McConnell Approves Election Security Money
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to add $250 million for state and federal efforts to secure the election. Critics say Congress must set aside more dollars and pass a new bill.
Athens Activists Take Part In Global Climate Strike
By: Benjamin Schwartz
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Athens residents met Friday at the Village Bakery to take part in the Global Climate Strike. Spearheaded by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, the global strike involved over 4,000 events… Read More
Kentucky Governor Faces Pushback Over Use of State Aircraft
By: Bruce Schriener | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican governor has run into turbulence over his use of taxpayer-owned aircraft, creating another distraction for a reelection campaign already dogged by feuds with teachers,… Read More
Ohio Jobless Rate Increases Slightly from July to August
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly from July to August. State officials on Friday said the unemployment rate was 4.1% in August, compared with 4%… Read More
Workforce Aid Approved for West Virginia After Storms
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal funding of $975,000 has been approved for Workforce West Virginia in response to severe storms in June that resulted in heavy rainfall, extreme flooding and… Read More
Horror Movie Making OU Alumna Returns to Campus
By: Emily Votaw
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Ohio University Honors Tutorial College Alumna Chelsea Stardust returned to Ohio University’s Athens campus this week to celebrate the release of her most recent full-length motion picture release, Satanic Panic,… Read More
Ohio GOP Fined $100K for Improperly Funding Voter Database
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Republican Party is paying a $100,000 civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission for improperly funding a 2014 voter turnout database built by the company… Read More
Man Arrested After W.Va. Chase, Accused of Throwing Bag of Meth
By: Associated Press
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ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a West Virginia man has been arrested after leading police on a chase while trying to toss a bag of methamphetamine out of sight…. Read More
Edwards Says JobsOhio Not Working For Southeast Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A southeast Ohio lawmaker has taken to Twitter to blast the state’s non-profit economic development company for not helping his region enough. But supporters of JobsOhio are standing firmly behind… Read More
Kentucky Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly in August
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say the state’s unemployment rate rose slightly in August. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 4.4% last… Read More
Ohio Football: ‘Cats Look to Get Back in Win Column Against Louisiana
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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ATHENS, OH — Through three games, 2019 doesn’t seem all that different from 2018 for Ohio football. Both had season-opening home victories over FCS schools followed by road losses to… Read More
Poldark Final Season on MASTERPIECE September 29 & Sweepstakes Opportunity!
Poldark Season 5 will premiere on MASTERPIECE on PBS Sunday, September 29, 2019, 9 pm Aidan Turner returns as the heroic Ross Poldark for a final season of drama in… Read More
Fourth Patient Named in Probe of Veterans Hospital Deaths
By: Associated Press
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The family of a fourth patient is seeking answers as authorities investigate multiple suspicious deaths at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia. Lawyer Dino Colombo… Read More