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This Week From the Radio Free Athens Crew: August 15, 2020
By: Emily Votaw
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In the before times, Radio Free Athens’ volunteer DJs filled the WOUB AM airwaves most Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 8p.m. EDT. We’ll be back at it in time, but… Read More
![Absentee voters can drop off their election ballots in this box on Court Street in uptown Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ballot-box-2-scaled-e1600885689146-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Postal Service Warns Ohio About Potential Delays For Absentee Voting
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The U.S. Postal Service has sent a letter to dozens of state election officials around the country including Ohio, warning that delays in delivering… Read More
![Pump jacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., in 2015. The Trump administration is lifting an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ap_19241418328987-bd702dca2a0a5fd290364396a00e091c16e91cb2-scaled-e1597418689850-900x422.jpg)
Trump’s Methane Rollback That Big Oil Doesn’t Want
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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The rule ends Obama-era restrictions on emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. The move could make it harder to argue that natural gas is a cleaner-burning fossil fuel than coal.
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“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell
Trifles by Susan Glaspell Directed by Karen M. Chan Narrated by Ruth Borovicka Art by Kit DeBerry Recorded and Edited by Adam Rich Dedicated to the memory of Terrence… Read More
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Athens Co. Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases For August 14
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 366 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after two additional cases were confirmed Friday. The Athens City-County… Read More
![A box to drop off absentee ballots sits in the parking lot of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cuyahoga_county_boe_vote_drop_box_-_credit_kasler-e1585263370395-900x422.jpeg)
WATCH: How Election Officials And USPS Handle Mail-In Ballots
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The pandemic is pushing more voters to cast ballots by mail. While most evidence shows that voting fraud is extremely rare, President Trump has been claiming… Read More
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DeWine Says Racism Is A Public Health Crisis
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) called racism a public health crisis while releasing a report from a task force created to look into how COVID-19… Read More
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Rules For Games, Fans For Ohio High School Sports Expected Tuesday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine says work will continue over the weekend to get guidelines in place for high school sports – and he says he’ll… Read More
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VNMF: The Art Creating a Music Festival in the Midst of a Pandemic
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · VNMF: The Art Creating a Music Festival in the Midst of a Pandemic Spring and summer are typically chockfull of opportunities for budding media professionals: music festivals… Read More
![NCAA President Mark Emmert testifies on Capitol Hill in February.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ap_20140509309262-0c027ec98fbab3e386972c908eb125f89ab29b78-scaled-e1597422151996-900x422.jpg)
NCAA Says No Championships This Fall, Except Maybe Football
By: Russell Lewis | NPR
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There are not enough schools participating because of coronavirus cancellations and season postponements.