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Pay No State Sales Tax This Weekend For Back-To-School Items
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Going back to school will be different this year but there’s one thing that won’t change. Ohioans will still be able to take advantage… Read More
![Davis Creek intersects with the Kanawha River in South Charleston, West Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Davis-Creek-meets-Kanawha-River-e1596852089168-900x422.jpeg)
Toxic Legacy Comes To Light With Claims That Union Carbide Failed To Report Landfill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (OVR) — On a recent sticky July afternoon, Diana Green stands on the muddy bank of lower Davis Creek in South Charleston, West Virginia. As a child, she enjoyed wading… Read More
![Vinton County senior Logan Baker fights through the defense during the game at Vinton County against Athens High School on Sept. 27, 2019](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Vinton-County-vs.-Athens-AD-020-e1569787024631-900x422.jpg)
HS Football Season Shortened To 6 Games, All Teams Go To Playoffs
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s high school sports coordinating agency has announced the football season will be shortened to six games this fall and all teams will advance to the… Read More
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Hundreds Show Up For Free COVID-19 Testing In Athens Co.
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Hundreds of people from Athens County and beyond walked, rode their bikes and drove to Athens High School Friday for free COVID-19 testing. The pop-up testing… Read More
![The U.S. intelligence community is warning that Russia is working to undermine Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign, while China is trying to undermine President Trump's reelection bid.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ap_20123454428325-0b08aa1b25f7b45fa8157f9207404ddf7a09ed70-scaled-e1596841900236-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Intelligence: China Opposes Trump Reelection; Russia Works Against Biden
By: Miles Parks | NPR
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William Evanina, who leads the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, also said Iran is trying to undermine the November election.
![A worker at the testing site at the Columbus Health Department talks to a patient before administering a PCR test.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/testing_site_-_konik-900x422.jpg)
DeWine’s Conflicting COVID Results Bring Attention To Tests In Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There have been over a thousand new confirmed coronavirus cases in each of the last four days in Ohio, and Friday’s 33 confirmed new… Read More
![Contact tracers (from left) Christella Uwera, Dishell Freeman and Alejandra Camarillo work at Harris County Public Health Contact Tracing facility in Houston in June.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ap_20177713483523-042031fc66ce72887652eb83e83a83d3201dd6b7-scaled-e1596819213416-900x422.jpg)
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June, while cases have skyrocketed.
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Athens Co. Confirms Three COVID-19 Cases For August 7
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 356 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after three additional cases were confirmed Friday. The Athens City-County Health… Read More
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Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival Interviews: Snarls
By: Weiler Harmon
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WOUB Digital · Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival Interviews: Snarls Early on in the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 Nelsonville Music Festival announced its cancellation due to the infectious disease outbreak. In… Read More
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Ohio Supreme Court To Hear Armed School Staff Training Case
By: Associated Press
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a school district’s appeal of a ruling that they must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons. Madison Local… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/janning_006-1-e1547770867344-900x422.jpg)
Ohio To Purge 120K Inactive Voters From Rolls Post-Election
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief says about 120,000 inactive Ohio voter registrations will be removed from state voter rolls after the November election. Republican Secretary of State Frank… Read More
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Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Effectively Ban Use Of TikTok In the U.S.
By: Bobby Allyn | NPR
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The president also issued an executive order aimed at cutting ties between the U.S. and the owner of the popular Chinese communications and social media app WeChat.