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Issue 1 falls as Ohio voters reject raising the voter approval threshold for constitutional amendments
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters have rejected Issue 1, the proposed constitutional change that would make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments. With around a million votes… Read More
![A promotional image of Mastodon, a heavy metal band. The picture is edited so that the four band members are slightly blue in color, with a very red background.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Photo-credit-Clay-Patrick-McBride-900x422.jpg)
Brann Dailor reflects on Mega-Monsters Tour, ‘Hushed and Grim,’ and Mastodon’s evolution
By: Nicholas Kobe
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WOUB Digital · WOUB Culture interviews Brann Tailor of Mastodon NEWPORT, Kentucky (WOUB) – Mastodon joins forces with Gojira and Lorna Shore to kick off the second leg of their Mega-Monsters… Read More
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Officers are searching for suspects in the death of a Pomeroy woman
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Deputies are searching for suspects they identified after a Pomeroy woman was killed early Tuesday morning. Meigs County Sheriff Scott Fitch said deputies responded to the… Read More
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Here are the statewide results for Tuesday’s Special Election on Issue 1
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Voters in Ohio cast ballots Tuesday on Issue 1, which would make it more difficult to pass future constitutional amendments. Issue 1 would raise the threshold for… Read More
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A new clue to the reason some people come down with long COVID
By: Max Barnhart | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Stéphanie Longet is an immunologist and a COVID researcher at the University of Saint-Etienne in France, and just like 10-20% of adults who were infected with the… Read More
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Early voting on Ohio’s Issue 1 proves to be a popular option in the Aug. 8 election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Almost 700,000 Ohioans cast ballots in the early voting period leading up to the Aug. 8 special election on the constitutional amendment to make it… Read More
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From Melbourne with the Philharmonia Australia, it’s JOHN FARNHAM AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN — TWO STRONG HEARTS, Aug. 14 at 9:30 pm
JOHN FARNHAM AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN — TWO STRONG HEARTS Monday, August 14 at 9:30 pm JOHN FARNHAM AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – TWO STRONG HEARTS is an unforgettable 2015 music special… Read More
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Former WOUB student Kim Fox becomes second Black female president of the Broadcast Education Association
Fox graduated from Ohio University in 1987 and 2003 ATHENS, OH – Kim Fox is the second Black woman president of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) in the organization’s 68-year history…. Read More