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Election Officials Say Window To Mail Back Ballots May Be Closed, Suggest Other Paths
By: Sam Gringlas | NPR
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Election experts say there is no longer enough time to ensure ballots sent through the mail will be delivered in time. They’re encouraging voters to deliver their ballots by hand or vote in person.
Advocates Say Citizen Mining Complaint Process Weakened By Rule Change
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (OVR) — Environmental and community advocates in Appalachian coal communities are concerned about a new federal rule, finalized this week, that is changing the process that allows citizens to file complaints about polluting coal mining operations. The Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement said in a Tuesday press release that… Read More
Local Surge In Catalytic Converter Thefts Reflects National Trend
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Pat Gryszka arrived at his shop on a Monday morning in mid-September to find he’d become the latest victim of a recent crime ring. Gryszka and his brother own Athens Transmission. His brother had just taken a pickup truck the shop repaired on Friday for a test drive. Something was wrong. The… Read More
Athens Co. Confirms 20 COVID-19 Cases For October 28
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 1,331 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 20 cases were confirmed Wednesday. The Athens City-County Health Department confirmed the new cases in a press release sent October 28. Analysis of Ohio Department of Health data indicates nine of these new cases involved… Read More
Columbus, Cincinnati File Lawsuit To Stop New Electric Bill Charges
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Leaders in Columbus and Cincinnati have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop new charges from appearing on electric bills next year created through HB6, which is at the heart of an alleged corruption scandal. Federal prosecutors say a bribery scheme helped get HB6 passed into law. The bill,… Read More
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DeWine Has Been Pleading For Action On Gun Violence
By: Andrew Welsh-Huggins | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Gov. Mike DeWine uses his twice-weekly bully pulpit to detail Ohio’s fight against the coronavirus, the Republican chief executive has also continued his so-far unsuccessful crusade against gun violence. After laying out pandemic stats and and warnings about masks and social distancing safety measures, the governor typically also pleads with fellow… Read More
Creating Fictional Horrors to Understand Real Ones: WOUB to Broadcast ‘Exhumed: a History of Zombies’ Oct. 30
By: Emily Votaw
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Just in time for Halloween, WOUB-TV will broadcast Exhumed: a History of Zombies Friday, October 30 at 10 p.m. ET. The documentary, hosted by Dr. Emily Zarka, will examine what zombies say about our culture and innermost anxieties. Zombies have been a part of western popular media’s lexicon for decades, with the most widely recognized version… Read More
Former Dean and Professor has a Magical History with WOUB
Joe Berman retired from Ohio University in 2002 ATHENS, OH – Dr. Joe Berman’s relationship with WOUB Public Media is one that is historic in nature and deeply meaningful. Berman first worked at WOUB when he was a graduate student at Ohio University in the mid-1960s, producing and directing a nationally-syndicated children’s show produced by… Read More
WOUB Employee Spotlight: Director of Corporate Support Kathy Malesick
Malesick has been working for WOUB since 2012 ATHENS, OH – When the pandemic started in March, WOUB Director of Corporate Support Kathy Malesick wasn’t sure how her work would be affected. What she found was a new normal where public media has become a vital resource to community members and business leaders. “It makes… Read More