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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
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
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
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
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
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