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73 new COVID-19 cases reported in Athens County from Dec. 23-29
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 19,255 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 73 additional cases were reported since last week’s update. The… Read More

Student debt relief is in legal limbo, but advocates still have a ‘toolbox’ of solutions
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — President Joe Biden’s latest student debt cancellation plan, designed to clear up to $20,000 in student loan debt for some 40 million Americans, is going to… Read More

Cabell County commissioners OK a review of needle exchange program
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cabell County commissioners want to make sure a syringe exchange program for drug users is fully in line with recent stricter West Virginia laws, and voted… Read More

Ohio House leaders discuss some of the year’s most controversial bills
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After redistricting and elections took up a large chunk of lawmakers’ time this year, the Ohio House was left with a few heated debates…. Read More

Big changes to retirement savings in new federal spending bill
By: Arezou Rezvani | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The $1.7 trillion spending bill President Biden is expected to sign into law this week includes several key provisions that are meant to make it easier… Read More

Burst pipe floods Ohio Statehouse’s Senate chambers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Extremely cold temperatures in the Buckeye State caused damage to “The People’s House,” the nickname commonly given to the Ohio Statehouse, Tuesday. Early that… Read More

The dramatic story with an extraterrestrial artifact in “First Contact: An Alien Encounter” – Jan. 4 at 9 pm
Wednesday, January 4 at 9 pm In the last 20 years, new technologies have dramatically improved our ability to see and hear the universe around us. We’ve built networks of… Read More