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Athens County seat belt violations exceed all neighboring counties
By: Donovan Varney
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County exceeds all six of its neighboring counties in reported seat belt violations. According to reports from the State Highway Patrol, Athens County had over… Read More
![The City of Athens is raising the price of waste management services for residents as recycling containers are seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/091421_SchellerTrashAssignment_0016-e1716502214708-900x422.jpg)
Athens plans to keep Rumpke contract, complicating efforts to save recycling facility
By: Lucy Schaefer
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The city of Athens plans to keep its garbage contract with Rumpke, complicating efforts to save the local recycling and composting facility. The facility’s future was… Read More
![A woman shopping in Seaman's grocery store](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SNAPFEATURED-e1678482975168-900x422.jpg)
Summer EBT program gives families extra food dollars while school is out
By: Shane Scalfaro
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Children who get free breakfast and lunch during the school year no longer have to worry about where to eat during the summer break. Summer EBT,… Read More
![Musicians learn about old time music, dancing and calling, traditional crafts and more during the Happy Hollow Hootenanny, a 4 day camp-out at Snow Fork Event Center in Nelsonville from June 8-11, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20230610_ENT_HappyHollowHoot_083-e1716484519240-900x422.jpg)
Stuart’s Opera House presents the second Happy Hollow Hootenanny next week
By: Emily Votaw
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – Next week the Happy Hollow Hootenanny returns, boasting an even wider variety and greater number of classes, workshops, and musical performances than the inaugural 2023 “Hoot.”… Read More
![LGBTQ activists stand in the rain outside the Ohio Statehouse as the Senate debates overriding Gov. Mike DeWine‘s veto of House Bill 68](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1706294740840-900x422.webp)
Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court denies request to let House Bill 68 go into effect
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court has denied a request from Attorney General Dave Yost to overturn a judge’s order that blocks a law banning… Read More
![Water cascades over the crest of Niagara Falls.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Niagara-Falls-NATURE-Niagara-Falls-900x422.jpg)
Embark to a geological wonder and witness its stunning beauty in “Niagara Falls” on NATURE – May 29 at 8 pm
Nature: Niagara Falls Wednesday, May 29 at 8:00 pm on PBS, pbs.org/nature, YouTube and the PBS App Witness the story of an extraordinary ecosystem – larger than the… Read More