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Tune into Radio Free Athens June 4 for 12 hours of commercial free, handpicked music
Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a format-free, host-driven program…. Read More
Arts West presents Tony Award winning “Fun Home” musical as a celebration of Pride Month
By: Emily Votaw
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Tomorrow night marks the first in a series of six performances of Arts West’s (132 W. State Street) first ever in-house production, the 2015 Best Musical Tony Award winning “Fun… Read More
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100 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County for May 27-June 2
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 15,117 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 100 additional cases were reported since last week’s update…. Read More
Demand at food banks is way up again. But inflation makes it harder to meet the need
By: Jennifer Ludden | NPR
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NORFOLK, Virginia (NPR) — On a sultry evening at a neighborhood food pantry in this waterfront city, some in the line outside have come from work. Justine Lee, a teller… Read More
Bootsy Collins, positively helping to keep the funk alive
By: Taylor Haney | Rachel Martin | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — “We’re off tour, we’re depressed, we’re making no money,” recalls Adam Deitch, drummer for the funk band Lettuce, of those early lockdown days. Around that same… Read More
In late night, last minute move, Ohio House passes ban on transgender athletes in girls sports
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It was after 11 p.m. Wednesday when members of the Ohio House of Representatives voted to attach an unrelated, controversial amendment to a bill… Read More