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Nominations for tenth annual Athena Award open through Sept. 2
ATHENS, Ohio – The Athena Award recognizes outstanding contributions and service toward persons with disabilities in the greater Athens community. The City of Athens is seeking names of community members… Read More
NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson visits Southeast Ohio to support local arts initiatives
By: Emily Votaw
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – Last night, local, state, and national representatives gathered at Stuart’s Opera House for a public discussion on the impact and importance of the arts in Southeast… Read More
Near Eastside Neighborhood Association’s Porchfest brings free live music to residential homes Sunday
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Every year over 200 communities around the country celebrate the unique character of their neighborhoods with informal community music festivals known as “porchfests.” Athens gets its… Read More
Guided By Voices and Brainiac to headline Athens Community Arts and Music Festival 2024
ATHENS, Ohio – The Athens Community Arts and Music Festival (ACAMF) returns to Union Street on Saturday, August 3, 2024. The event is free. Nestled in the heart of Athens,… Read More
Ohio House passes bill allowing landowners to shoot feral pigs without license
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – Ohio lawmakers want to preempt the growth of a feral animal population they say has the potential to decimate the state’s land, sicken its… Read More
A week of disorder in Cleveland, as City Hall remains closed after ransomware attack
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland’s City Hall remained closed to the public Friday, as officials in Ohio’s second-largest city continued to grapple with the effects of a ransomware attack. City… Read More
How the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on abortion medication will affect Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in two-thirds of abortions last year. The justices unanimously rejected a… Read More
Ohio Senate’s changes to hospital price transparency bill anger GOP sponsor and Democrats
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – The sponsor of a bill that would require hospitals to publish prices so consumers can shop around isn’t pleased with changes the Senate made… Read More
Ohio bill mandating E-Verify use gets backing from both sides in House
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – A bill requiring various Ohio businesses to verify their workers’ eligibility through an online federal tool is closer to becoming law. Ohio House lawmakers… Read More
Saturday’s Radio Free Athens programming to feature a Juneteenth special honoring Greg Tate, the recipient of a Pulitzer Board special citation
Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a format-free, host-driven program…. Read More
National Endowment for the Arts leaders to visit Athens and Nelsonville later this month
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, and members of the National Council on the Arts, will gather in Ohio June… Read More
Boogie on the Bricks happens Saturday in Athens
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – On Saturday Court Street will be closed to traffic for the annual Boogie on the Bricks festival in Athens. Starting at noon, “Boogie 2024” features live… Read More
Radio Free Athens’ DJ Rat hosts his 500th show on WOUB AM Saturday
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Years are marked by Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and months by the Moon’s orbit around Earth. For longtime WOUB volunteer and radio programmer Doug Brooks,… Read More
Slow Joy celebrated release of new EP, ‘Mi Amigo Slow Joy’ in Columbus
By: Henry Day
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) – Esteban Flores has been releasing music as Slow Joy since 2020. The project has gained a following thanks to its evocative mix of space rock, shoegaze,… Read More
Styx guitarist James Young reflects on growing up in the Midwest and what keeps the band going five decades into their career
By: Nicholas Kobe
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CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (WOUB) – Styx rose out of Chicago after the breakthrough of their single Lady, going on to be one of classic rock’s most storied bands. Styx then… Read More
Beat the heat with numerous events hosted by the Athena Cinema this summer
ATHENS, Ohio — The Athena Cinema has released its summer schedule full of unique events and new opportunities for the whole family to enjoy starting on Thursday, June 6. “Our… Read More
Athens County Humane Society presents their 30th annual Garden Tour Sunday
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Every day the Athens County Humane Society (ACHS) fields 30 to 40 calls and messages from the community, ranging from routine inquiries about their low cost… Read More
This Week On Radio Free Athens: June 1, 2024
Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a format-free, host-driven program…. Read More
Join more 500,000 fans who came out for this once-in-a-lifetime concert “Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park” – June 6 at 8 pm
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Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park Thursday, June 6 at 8:00 pm In 1980, Central Park, New York City’s “green lung,” lay in disrepair. Although the park had… Read More
Athens ReThink Plastics is holding a contest to find a video for their ‘Say No to a Plastic Bag’ jingle
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Athens ReThink Plastics wants a video to accompany their jingle, Say No to a Plastic Bag, and they’re turning to the community to find it. The… Read More
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
Nicholas Kobe on Sonic Temple 2024: Fred Durst ‘radiates light-hearted fun,’ Judas Priest still rocks, and Slipknot finally ‘makes sense’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) – The third ever Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival brought some of hard rock’s biggest names to Columbus over the weekend. Nicholas Kobe attended the festival… Read More
This Week On Radio Free Athens: May 18, 2024
Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a format-free, host-driven program…. Read More
Death To All’s Gene Hoglan talks paying tribute to the late Chuck Schuldiner and his pioneering band
By: Nicholas Kobe
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) – Formed in 1984, Death emerged as a pioneering force in the death metal scene. Revered as both progenitors and paragons of the genre, they stand tall as… Read More
Another legal challenge filed over Ohio’s abortion limits still in place after November vote
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Statehouse News Bureau) – A new legal argument has been filed against the state of Ohio over its ban on prescribing abortion-inducing drugs via telehealth. The filing is… Read More
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