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Coal Ash Uncovered: Polluted Groundwater Found At 14 Kentucky Sites
For decades, Kentucky’s own coal stoked the fires that generated most of its electricity. And while some of those power plants have shut down or switched to natural gas, their… Read More
Trump’s Power Bailout Explained
President Trump has told the Department of Energy to stop the pending closure of some economically struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants. As Brittany Patterson reports, energy analysts say that… Read More
Taking Flight: Coalfield Students Have High Hopes For Drone Industry Jobs
Student teams from across the coalfields of eastern Kentucky came together at the Knott County Sportsplex, bringing with them drones that they themselves had built. It was time for the… Read More
Clipped Wings: Trump Weakens Law That Protected Birds For A Century
On a recent chilly Tuesday morning, about 20 people filed along a winding dirt path leading deeper into West Virginia University’s Arboretum in Morgantown. Armed with binoculars, smartphones and hiking… Read More
Back To The Garden: How Green Thumbs Help With Addiction Recovery
Meredith Jensen is doing some gardening on a sunny day in a secluded part of Athens, Ohio. “I’m working on our pollinator garden beds,” she said. “Which are a bunch… Read More
Shine A Light: Regional Effort To Aid Puerto Rico Caught In Trump’s Solar Tariffs
Far from the ocean and Puerto Rico’s famous beaches, narrow roads wind into mountains not unlike the country roads of our home, West Virginia. After hours of driving we reach… Read More
Kentucky Regulators Agree Illegal Radioactive Waste Should Stay In Blue Ridge Landfill
Radioactive waste illegally dumped in an Estill County landfill will likely stay in the ground after state regulators approved a corrective action plan last week. Rregulators agreed with operators of… Read More
Drowning In Milk: Dairy Farmers Look For Lifelines In Flooded Market
LaRue County, Kentucky, dairy farmer Gary Rock sits in his milking parlor, overlooking what is left of his 95 cow operation. “Three hundred years of history is something that a… Read More
Aluminum Can-Do: Region’s Last Large Aluminum Maker Bets Big On Trump Tariffs
With sunglasses perched atop his camouflage cap, Brady Carwile filled out an application at a job fair in a community center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Carwile works at a local auto… Read More
Trump’s Delay On Tariff Decision Disappoints Regional Steelmakers
Regional iron and steel industry leaders say they are disappointed by the Trump administration’s delay on a decision about which countries will face new import tariffs. President Trump has postponed until… Read More
FirstEnergy Emergency Request Could Be A Last Chance To Help Coal Power
Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy Solutions made waves last month when it asked the Department of Energy to grant it an emergency order to help keep coal and nuclear plants operating across… Read More
Surgeon General Supports Needle Exchanges To Limit Disease From Opioid Crisis
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams threw his support behind syringe exchange services as an important tool to address the Ohio Valley’s high risk of needle-borne disease associated with the opioid epidemic…. Read More
Snookered: Pool Tournament Ban Has Seniors Wondering Who Calls The Shots
Billy Hobby’s days are largely filled by two things: church and pool. “I play everyday, mostly,” Hobby said, sitting next to his wife, Barbara. “Well, I enjoy watching him play,”… Read More
Eastern Kentucky Prison Moves Forward As Opponents Consider Challenge
The Bureau of Prisons has issued a record of decision signaling that it is moving ahead with plans to build a federal prison on the site of a former strip mine in… Read More
Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange
Greg Lee, Kentucky’s HIV/AIDS educator, starts the town hall on a somber note. “How many people in this room know someone who has died of an overdose death?” It is… Read More
Deep In Gun Country, Students Speak Out On Gun Violence
Gun culture runs deep in much of the Ohio Valley, where hunting is a revered tradition and the majority of state lawmakers in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia boast “A”… Read More
🔈 #457SEO: Fighting the Stigma of HIV in the SEO
The opioid epidemic has impacted every fabric of the social construct in southeast Ohio. And it has increased the risk of bloodborne diseases such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and… Read More
Trader Woes: Region’s Bourbon, Beans And More Could Suffer Under Tariffs
Bottles of bourbon make their way through the assembly line at Maker’s Mark, one of ten distilleries on the Kentucky bourbon trail. They’re cleaned, filled, capped and then dipped in the… Read More
Students Push As Lawmakers Ponder Gun Safety Bills
In a recently released court video, Capt. Matt Hilbrecht of the Marshall County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s office testifies about his interrogation of Gabriel Parker, the 15-year-old accused of a mass shooting at… Read More
Rural Risk: Fighting Disease Amid The Opioid Crisis
Health officials in the Ohio Valley are investigating outbreaks of disease associated with needle drug use in what is emerging as a new public health threat from the region’s… Read More
Help On Tap For Troubled Water System In Coal Country
A water system in eastern Kentucky that was on the verge of collapse could soon get much needed improvements. Many Martin County, Kentucky, residents were without water for long periods… Read More
Stopping School Shootings: Researcher Says Compassionate Culture Can Help
In the wake of school shootings in Kentucky and Florida, a rash of copycat school threats throughout the Ohio Valley left law enforcement and school officials grappling with how to… Read More
Fracking Waste Disposal: Still A Hot Mess
The slogan for Estill County is “where the bluegrass kisses the mountains.” But since 2015 the county, population 15,000, is widely known as the place where radioactive material generated by the… Read More
Change Of Mined: Study Highlights Appalachia’s Tough Task Ahead
At a recent conference in Lexington, Kentucky, economists and community leaders gathered to talk about the state’s current budget crunch and possible economic future. Peter Hille, president of Mountain Association for… Read More
Feds Deny Poultry Industry Request To Increase Work Speed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a petition by the National Chicken Council to remove the speed limit on work at some slaughterhouses, a move that food safety advocates are calling a victory… Read More
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