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Meigs County Celebrates its Bicentennial
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Meigs County had a weekend packed with events to celebrate its bicentennial, including a parade featuring Governor Mike DeWine as the Grand Marshal. Over 20 floats that represented either Meigs… Read More
Athens Officials Requests More Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis
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Athens community leaders and the Ohio Democratic Party are asking for more money in the local government budget in order to better mitigate substance abuse problems. Chris Knisley, president of… Read More
Bonds Offered To Help Fund New Athens School Buildings
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ATHENS (WOUB) — Athens City Schools is now offering tax exempt bonds to people who wish to support the funding of the new school buildings. At Thursday’s regular meeting of… Read More
Precincts Will Move Back to Their Original Locations
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After several weeks of protests and heated community meetings, the Athens County Board of Elections passed a motion today during a special board meeting to move six polling locations in… Read More
Pomeroy Warehouse Fire Still Under Investigation
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POMEROY (WOUB) — Little is left of Mountaineer Metals in Pomeroy after a fire engulfed it on Saturday night. The fire was reported at 11:15 p.m and it took more… Read More
Holocaust Survivor Encourages Ohio Students to Stand Up Against Hatred
A Holocaust survivor, Sami Steigmann, spoke to OU students at Chabad about undergoing Nazi medical experimentation as a young child and how it has impacted his life. Steigmann, a 79-year-old from… Read More
Public Works: Richland Underpass Needs More Money, Time
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ATHENS (WOUB) — The Richland Avenue Pedestrian Passageway, scheduled to be built this summer, is going to take two months longer and cost about $400,000 more to be built, city… Read More
Athens Celebrates First National Women and Girls in Sports Day
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Local high school teams, Ohio teams, and distinguished athletes gathered at the Athens community center for Athens’ first celebration of national women and sports week. Women panelists from various… Read More
Athens Turns out for Rainy Women’s March
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Editor’s Note: delfin bautista uses they/them pronouns and spells their name with lower case letters. Bee Irwin also uses they/them pronouns. WOUB News is honoring their preferences. Local residents, from… Read More
Hanukkah Festivities Underway in Athens
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Community members and Ohio University students celebrated the first day of Hanukkah on December 2 by lighting the shammash on a 9-foot tall menorah outside of Baker Center. According to… Read More
Athens Honors Veterans, Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day
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Veterans from multiple branches of the armed forces marched down Court Street Sunday to honor veterans and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. However, before the morning parade… Read More
Athens Community Divided on Issue 3
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ATHENS — Issue 3 has the Athens community divided. Some want to rebuild schools while others want to prevent the increase of property taxes and go back to the drawing… Read More
Rain Causing More Than Rotten Tomatoes for Ohio Valley Farmers
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The precipitation average so far this year for Southeast Ohio is 34.75 inches, which is nearly 10 inches above normal, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Farmers in… Read More
Arts/West Opens New Music Program
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Fiddles, banjos, violins, ukuleles, and many other instruments are filling Arts/West’s and Stuarts Opera House. These instruments, specific to Appalachian culture, are part of Southeast Ohio’s Musical Lending Library. The library offers… Read More
Three Little Free Libraries Help the Athens Community
Ohio University’s Alden Library and the Athens CountyPublic Library are not the only places to grab a book in Athens. In fact, there are many libraries in Athens where the books… Read More
Vulcan Riders Support Athens and Veterans
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ATHENS — Members of the 200 expected motorcyclists who are visiting Athens this week from the Vulcan Riders Association hit the road Monday night through uptown Athens. They made their way… Read More
The Future of Ohio University’s South Green
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Ohio University is planning to renovate and possibly rebuild parts of South Green in 2019 as a part of its continual updating of the Housing Development Planning Strategy. The renovation would… Read More
Curbside Compost Service Possible in Athens
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Athens residents may have another bin they could roll to curbside on trash day. Rural Action and the city of Athens are proposing a composting program. It would allow Athens residents… Read More
Athens Residents “March For Our Lives” in Columbus
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While hundreds participated in the March For Our Lives in Athens Saturday morning, 27 Athens residents and students marched through the streets of Columbus for the same cause; to oppose… Read More
Pomeroy Works to Rebound from Flooding
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POMEROY, Ohio – The Ohio River rose upwards of 40 inches since last Thursday flooding many businesses and houses in Pomeroy. Downtown Pomeroy is no stranger to flooding, especially business… Read More
Lake Snowden Water Park could Threaten Area Aquatic Life
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An Ohio University professor of environmental studies said she fears Lake Snowden’s aquatic life could be harmed by construction of the water park expected to open this summer. Water in the lake… Read More