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Athens waits on state funding to begin construction of new high school
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens High School looks pretty worn and dated compared to other high schools in southeast Ohio, a fact not lost on parents. A recent post in… Read More
![Remnants of the COVID-19 Pandemic are seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/071321_CovidStock_0274-scaled-e1626730172468-900x422.jpg)
54 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County for Oct. 7-13
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 18,585 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 54 additional cases were reported since last week’s update…. Read More
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Athens sophomore’s future bright after reaching tennis districts
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens Sophomore Vlada Kiryukhin lost in the first round of the Southeast District Tournament. Despite the loss, the future looks bright for the Athens High sophomore…. Read More
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Late Athens baseball coach remembered, revered
By: Carl Blalock
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athletic Coaches are role models who many athletes look up to, and one such role model was late Athens baseball coach Bill Woodell. Coach Woodell was… Read More
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WOUB has been airing poetry content for a long time, and a few regular contributors told us what they enjoy about it
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · WOUB poetry contributors reflect on longtime programming ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — WOUB has been bringing together artists of all types to reflect on poetry, on air, for… Read More
![Ohio running back Sieh Bangura (22) holds up four fingers to show how many touchdowns he has scored](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSC_0271-Large-e1665279496588-900x422.jpeg)
Formerly injured Ohio University freshman comes back with with a bang
By: Andre Norrils
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ATHENS, Ohio — From a sudden early-season injury to now being named Mid-American Conference East Offensive Player of the Week. Sieh Bangura, a redshirt freshman came into one of the… Read More
![Thousands of wildebeest migrating north through the grassy plains of the Maasai Mara in Kenya.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nature_RunningBeest_03-900x422.jpg)
One of nature’s most spectacular events, “Running with the Beest” on NATURE – Oct. 19 at 8 pm
Witness the Largest Mass Migration on the Planet in Nature’s Season 41 Premiere, Running with the Beest Wednesday, October 19 at 8 pm on PBS Maasai guides highlight the problems… Read More
![Paper bags filled with non-perishable food is slid down a table to be handed out at the River of Life Church in Middleport, Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201007_FoodBank_003-e1642006900922-900x422.jpg)
The major factors driving up the cost of food
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Another report on the pace of inflation in the U.S. is due later this week and there’s some hope that it’s slowing. But most people have… Read More
![A midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, uses a hand-held doppler probe on a patient from Yazoo City to measure the heartbeat of her fetus in 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ap21363508069199_wide-82522ca3cee5e334d97e7348764b90aa0926361f-scaled-e1665596589649-900x422.jpg)
Millions of Americans are losing access to maternal care. Here’s what can be done
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Access to maternity care is decreasing in the parts of the U.S. that need it the most, affecting nearly 7 million women of childbearing age and… Read More
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State board of education hears more on resolution opposing LGBTQ protections, doesn’t hold a vote
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After listening to more than four hours of testimony from supporters and opponents on a controversial resolution that would push back on a federal anti-discrimination… Read More