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![These are different size options of the trash cans Athens residents will receive under the city's new contract with Rumpke Waste and Recycling. The cans are part of the extra cost residents will pay under the new contract.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rumpke-trash-cans-e1700518857699-900x422.jpeg)
Athens residents will soon receive new trash cans. What happens to the existing ones?
By: Jack Greene
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Athens residents will receive new cans under a contract with the city’s new trash collector. The question now is what happens with all the existing cans…. Read More
![A closeup of Robert Glidden.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glidden1bigcrop-900x422.png)
Ohio University mourns the death of President Emeritus Robert Glidden
By: Ohio University News Release
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ATHENS, Ohio (Ohio University) — Ohio University President Emeritus Dr. Robert Glidden, whose lifelong commitment to academic discovery and research and the advocacy of institutional accreditation forever impacted higher education,… Read More
![An overhead shot of rail cars shown off the track with some on fire.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-1-e1675698693695-900x422.webp)
Norfolk Southern will end relocation aid right after the one-year anniversary of its fiery Ohio derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by last February’s fiery derailment in eastern Ohio right after the one-year anniversary of the crash…. Read More
![A "Yes on Issue 2" sign sits on the side of the road.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/download-32-e1701966722508-900x422.webp)
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio, but legislators could still modify the details
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Possession, use and home growth of recreational marijuana is legal in the Buckeye state as of midnight Thursday, but legislators can still and likely will… Read More
![Supporters of Issue 1, the constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion and reproductive rights into Ohio's constitution, hug as the race is called for the "yes" side.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-2-e1699413107779-900x422.webp)
Starting today, Ohioans have a constitutional right to an abortion as Issue 1 takes effect
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A month after nearly 57% of voters approved Issue 1, the amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights has taken effect in Ohio. “I am… Read More
![Canada lynx family under tree Haines Junction, Yukon.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nature_Canada_03-900x422.jpg)
Timing and opportunity can mean the difference between life and death in “Canada: Surviving the Wild” on NATURE – Dec. 13 at 8 pm
Nature – Canada: Surviving the Wild Wednesday, December 13 at 8 p.m. Canada is a vast country, with the largest intact forest on the planet, more than two million… Read More