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![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)
84 new COVID-19 cases reported in Athens County from Dec. 30 – Jan. 5
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 19,339 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 84 additional cases were reported since last week’s update. The… Read More
![Newly elected House Speaker Jason Stephens (R) addressees the Ohio House from a podium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-1-e1672865449642-900x422.webp)
Upset in Ohio House speaker vote raises questions about legislative priorities
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Going into this first day of the new session, Republican Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) was thought by many to be the next person to… Read More
![An activist holds a placard demanding a $15/hour minimum wage and tips for restaurant workers at the House Triangle of the U.S. Capitol in February.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/gettyimages-1238306782_slide-df48e5573692afc02f1e4703f0fdb738e50c7c8b-scaled-e1672865949957-900x422.jpg)
Minimum wage just increased in 23 states and D.C. Here’s how much
By: The NPR Network
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Workers earning minimum wage in 23 states and the District of Columbia got a raise over the New Year’s holiday, according to the Economic Policy Institute…. Read More
![The West Virginia Capito building as seen from across the river in spring](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_1301147023-e1672867302357-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia names a new state health officer, commissioner
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Dr. Matthew Christiansen, director of West Virginia’s office of drug control policy, is now the new state health officer. Effective immediately, Christiansen will also serve as… Read More
![An image of a microphone against a dark blue background with text that reads: Parkersburg Actor's Guild Lip Sync Battle 2023 Saturday, Feb. 18](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/lip-sync-battle-horizontal-small-900x422.jpeg)
Send your best lip syncs to the Actors Guild of Parkersburg for a competition culminating Feb. 18
PARKERSBURG, West Virginia — You’ve seen them on late night TV with Jimmy Fallon. You’ve seen them across social media. Now the pop culture phenomenon of lip sync battles is… Read More
![Thieves cutting painting from frame.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cutting-painting-2-900x422.jpg)
Museum director risks his life to recover a Caravaggio masterpiece on SECRETS OF THE DEAD, Jan. 11 at 10 pm
Secrets of the Dead The Caravaggio Heist Wednesday, January 11 at 10 pm In 1984, a Maltese national treasure went missing from the cathedral of St. John in Valletta – a masterpiece… Read More