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Ohio University’s fall enrollment surge raises questions about what to plan for next
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University’s fall freshmen enrollment might not set a record, but it could have. The university’s trustees were told at their meeting Thursday that so many… Read More
![Teachers attend a State Teachers Retirement System meeting in September 2021, with signs showing their anger about the lack of a cost-of-living increase since 2017.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/download-1-e1660921667212-900x422.jpg)
Ohio teachers’ pension fund loses money, gives ‘performance incentives’ to investment staff
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio has voted to pay nearly $10 million in what it’s calling “performance incentives” to around 90 investment… Read More
![Metallurgical coal sits in a pile after being loaded onto a barge at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal in Ceredo, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-682310660-edit_slide-72905c2d5cb7c3e31d5767e2fa3c30b500b11014-scaled-e1649884912760-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio man is dead after an accident at a West Virginia coal mine
By: Associated Press
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Officials say a coal miner has died in an accident at a northern West Virginia underground mine. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and… Read More
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Ratepayers are seeing credits on electric bills after paying for controversial coal plant subsidies
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two coal plants, that have needed hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies from Ohio ratepayers, have churned out a profit in the last… Read More
![A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Creek in Ned, Ky., on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22210631164139-f7e6d23bdf0715592048ee59e1ea21e1b51401c8-scaled-e1659200466978-900x422.jpg)
Legal advocates applaud FEMA changes in Kentucky, but they say transparency is needed
By: Justin Hicks | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — After heavy flooding in eastern Kentucky, locals and officials are frustrated with the federal government’s system for disaster aid. People say the process is confusing, sending… Read More
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WOUB students have been nominated for college student production awards
Winners will be announced in September ATHENS, OH – Ten current and former WOUB students have been nominated for three different Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television… Read More
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‘Cheat Codes’ is the solo album Black Thought couldn’t have made until now
By: Sheldon Pearce I NPR
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For many years, the Black Thought solo album felt like an imaginary object, long rumored yet never revealed. It went by several names — “Masterpiece Theatre,” “The Talented Mr. Trotter”… Read More