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A Coal Comeback? Analysis Casts Doubt On Industry’s Chances
Can coal make a comeback? That’s the title of a new report from Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Researchers there analyzed the factors leading to the coal industry’s… Read More
🔊 Listen: (+Jobs) (-Hunger) = #457SEO
The WOUB news team talks with John Molinaro, President, CEO of the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth in the latest episode of the #457SEO podcast. APEG is a non-profit organization that partners… Read More
Heart Of The Matter: Needle Drug Use Brings Spike In Heart Infections
The Ohio Valley’s addiction crisis has brought another health problem, as rising numbers of needle drug users are contracting a serious form of heart infection called endocarditis. The rate of… Read More
Bright Spots: Positive Outliers In A Region Plagued By Poor Health
By most measures, health outcomes in the Ohio Valley region are not very good, with many parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia ranking near the bottom among states. But… Read More
Mind The Gap: Why The ‘Wage Gap’ Still Divides Us On Payday
McKenzie Cantrell is an employment lawyer affiliated with the Maxwell Street Legal Clinic, in Lexington, Kentucky, where she works with low-income refugees and immigrants to uncover instances of wage theft… Read More
Hunger Gains: Budget Cuts Imperil Nutritious Food Aid
At a moment when food aid agencies are working to provide healthier food to the poor and the elderly, President Donald Trump has proposed a 21 percent cut in funding… Read More
Free Trade And Food: Farmers Grow Nervous About NAFTA’s Future
Farmers in the Ohio Valley are waiting to see how President Trump’s choice to lead the Agriculture Department might affect their fortunes. Concerns over trade have held up a confirmation… Read More
Black Lung Update: Federal Researchers Seek Allies In Appalachia
Federal health researchers are visiting health clinics and medical schools in the Appalachian coalfields to recruit allies to fight a resurgence of black lung disease. The worst form of the… Read More
Revenue Stream: How An Environmental Law Creates Jobs In Coal Country
When President Donald Trump visited Kentucky for a recent rally he returned to a common theme from his campaign: environmental regulations are job-killers. “I have already eliminated a devastating anti-coal… Read More
Miners’ Message to Trump: Protect Benefits
President Donald Trump’s campaign-style rally in Louisville got the attention of some retired coal miners in the region. They’re particularly worried about being able to afford health insurance on a… Read More
Halting Traffic: Truckers, Survivors, Fighting Human Trafficking
Note: Some readers may find this subject matter disturbing. When Beth Jacobs was 16 years old, she needed a ride home. She had missed her bus after work again after… Read More
After Obamacare: The Affordable Care Act And One Woman’s Struggle For Sobriety
Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a… Read More
After Obamacare: Ending Affordable Care Act Could Cut Addiction Treatment
Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a… Read More
After Obamacare: Thousands Of Jobs Hinge On Affordable Care Act Decisions
Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a… Read More
After Obamacare: Rural Health Providers Nervous About Affordable Care Act Repeal
Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a… Read More
Labor Movement: Will ‘Right-To-Work’ States Attract More Businesses?
The Ohio Valley region once helped give rise to the labor movement. Now it’s shifting toward what’s known as right-to-work law. West Virginia and Kentucky have passed right-to-work laws and… Read More
DuPont Offers $670M Settlement For “Teflon” Chemical Contamination Of Water
The chemical giant DuPont made an offer Monday to pay more than half-a-billion dollars to settle water contamination lawsuits pending in federal court. 3,550 plaintiffs from the mid-Ohio Valley filed… Read More
Closing Clinics: Abortion Rights Increasingly Out Of Reach
Dona Wells walked through what’s left of the EMW Women’s Clinic in Lexington, Kentucky. Boxes fill what use to be offices. Sterilized medical supplies are in disarray. A light flickers… Read More
Troubled Waters: A Coalfield County Loses Trust In Water And Government
On any given day in Martin County, Kentucky, the water system loses more water to leaks than it delivers to paying customers through their faucets. The water system is under… Read More
Stopping Superbug: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control offers a stark example of the declining power of medicine’s most important weapons against infectious disease. The CDC noted that a… Read More
Leap Of Faith: Religious Communities Reconsider Needle Exchanges
Sitting on top of the Bible on Pastor Brad Epperson’s desk at the Clay City First Church of God is a list of goals for his small congregation written in… Read More
CASA: Caring For Kids Caught In The Addiction Crisis
W The Ohio Valley’s opioid epidemic has effects far beyond the individuals struggling through addiction, with families and children suffering as well. An organization that helps children in abuse cases… Read More
Fighting For Breath: Black Lung’s Deadliest Form Increases
At the age of 38, a coal miner named Mackie Branham Jr. was diagnosed with progressive massive fibrosis, a debilitating and terminal form of an illness that was supposed to… Read More
Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge In Appalachia
An NPR investigation has documented dramatic spikes in complicated black lung, the most serious stage of the deadly coal miners’ disease.
#457SEO: Uncomfortable Truths… Poverty & Overdosing
According to the Ohio Poverty Report, (released February 2016), 17.8% of the people in Appalachian Ohio were classified as poor; the poverty rate for the rest of Ohio average 15.5%…. Read More
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