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Bill Would Prevent Ohio Employers From Requiring Vaccinations
By: Lexi Lepof
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Many businesses are hiring as pandemic restrictions are lifted, and some, such as Bagel Street Deli in Athens, are requiring that employees have the COVID-19 vaccine…. Read More

Athens Co. Confirms No New COVID-19 Cases For June 22
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County remained at 5,243 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after no new cases were reported Tuesday. The Ohio Department of… Read More

Athens Celebrates First Juneteenth As A National Holiday
By: Taylor Burnette
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — People in Athens gathered Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were emancipated over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. … Read More

Hocking Hills Music Festival Offers New, Intimate Experience For Live Music Fans
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Hocking Hills Music Festival Offers New, Intimate Experience For Live Music Fans Both the Nelsonville Music Festival and the Duck Creek Log Jam had to cancel their… Read More

Florida News Director Credits Career to WOUB
Joe Inderhees graduated from Ohio University in 1999 ATHENS, OH – Joe Inderhees didn’t know about WOUB Public Media when he started school at Ohio University in the mid-1990s. He… Read More

A fight for accountability in “The People vs. Agent Orange” on INDEPENDENT LENS, June 28 at 10 pm
INDEPENDENT LENS TO PREMIERE INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY EXPOSING ON-GOING EFFECTS OF AGENT ORANGE AND ITS TOXIC SUCCESSORS JUNE 28 ON PBS Through Personal Stories, Investigative Documents and Revelatory Interviews, “The People… Read More