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![Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defends pardoning and commuting sentences for more than 400 convicted people in his final days in office.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/matt-bevin-new1-c77bfad321722efd0143bb56f7d6b997ecd775b5-scaled-e1576870378163-900x422.jpg)
Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer
By: Brakkton Booker | NPR
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Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: “If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically.”
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Athens Board of Elections Makes Salary Changes For Key Positions
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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Bookkeeping changes at the Athens County Board of Elections will affect how the director and deputy director will get paid. At Friday’s special board meeting, the board approved changes that… Read More
![Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gestures while taking part in an on-stage conversation with former California Gov. Jerry Brown at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco. Michael Bloomberg swung through Tennessee on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 highlighting his newly released health care plan and celebrating the opening of the Democrat's state campaign headquarters.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AP_19354064088944-scaled-e1576874105547-900x422.jpg)
![PROACT Executive Director Micheal Haney (center right) with other recipients of the Innovation Now Awards in West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/WV-Awards-e1576873241947-900x422.jpg)
Innovating Recovery: Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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After years of leading the nation in overdose death rates, Ohio Valley communities are looking for new ways to deal with the addiction crisis. A national nonprofit organization promotes and… Read More
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After Nearly A Decade Of Anxiety Over Pensions, Coal Miners See Light At The End Of The Tunnel
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Union coal miners and retirees breathed a collective sigh of relief after the U.S. Senate passed a spending bill that includes support for miners’ pensions, which had been at risk… Read More
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Rising Waters: Aging Levees, Climate Change And The Challenge To Hold Back The Ohio River
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past. The longtime journalist and local historian is… Read More
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Ohio Inspector General: Spouse of Kasich Cabinet Member Steered Contracts
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s state watchdog says an information technology executive with ties to then-Gov. John Kasich’s administration worked to improperly steer as much as $9 million in state… Read More
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“The Pushouts” Premieres on VOCES | Thursday, December 26 at 10
“The Pushouts” Premieres on VOCES Thursday, December 26, 2019 on WOUB The Inspirational Story of Dr. Victor Rios, Former Gang Member Turned Educator, Who Now Helps Struggling Students Stay in… Read More
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Second Chances: One Year In Drug Court | Thursday, December 26 at 9
Most know that Ohio has drug courts in many counties across the state that are specifically designed for people with substance use disorders. Drug courts offer those individuals the opportunity… Read More