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Trade Under Trump: Business Leaders Skeptical About Big Changes
During the presidential campaign I visited two regional manufacturing executives who do business in the same county but hold views on trade that are worlds apart. Now that Donald Trump… Read More
Growing Concerns: Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Sows Anxiety In Agriculture
On Nelson Key Road in Murray, Kentucky, lies a 30-acre tobacco farm and there sits the road’s namesake, Nelson Key himself. He’s just at the end of this year’s harvest,… Read More
Mind Over Platter: Mindful Eating Might Trim Region’s Obesity
Candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup. Those are the four basic food groups according to Buddy the Elf. And this time of year, the gluttonous season, it seems like… Read More
Addiction Battle On The Ballot: Opioid Epidemic A Potent Campaign Issue
The opioid epidemic is on the agenda for political campaigns from the presidential race down to the local level in the Ohio Valley region. Election Day could shape the response… Read More
White Stuff: Amid Election Rancor, Writers Reassess The White Working Class
One look at the recent arrivals shelf at Carmichael’s Books, in Louisville, and I knew something was up. Titles like “White Rage,” “White Trash,” and “The End of White Christian… Read More
Piggy Express: ‘Right To Farm’ Law Shields Giant Hog Operation
Mount St. Joseph in Daviess County, Kentucky, may appear calm with the Green River flowing past homes that dot the farmland here. But there is trouble in the air and… Read More
Lazarus Drug: The Medicine Saving Lives Amid The Opioid Crisis
The sound of sirens in Cabell County, West Virginia, has a good chance of indicating an overdose these days. The county’s Emergency Medical Service had responded to 622 overdose calls… Read More
Justice Delayed: Billionaire Candidate’s Coal Companies Owe $15M in Taxes, Fines
The Democratic candidate for governor in West Virginia has never held public office. Jim Justice is instead running on his record as a businessman. He runs coal mines, farms, and… Read More
New Kentucky Home: From Battle Zone Refugee To Business Owner
The international refugee crisis caused by people fleeing the war-torn Middle East has been a high-profile issue in the presidential campaign. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton told CBS’s “Face the Nation”… Read More
Data Farming: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Big Ag
It’s harvest time and a semi full of corn just pulled onto the scales at Seven Springs Farm in Cadiz, Kentucky. On the scale, the analytics work begins: moisture content,… Read More
Opioid High: Students Face A Different Kind of Test
It’s not just about notebooks and pencil boxes anymore: the opioid epidemic means back-to-school supplies now include things like emergency overdose treatments and drug prevention plans. Many schools in the… Read More
Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal
Coal-producing states are preparing for arguments next month in the federal appeals court case known as West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to limit greenhouse… Read More
Grazing In The Grass: An Old-Fashioned Idea Holds New Promise For Sustainable Farming
On 120 acres in Marion, Kentucky, small-scale farmer Joseph Mast is taking an innovative approach to provide for his growing family of nine. Mast belongs to an Amish community and… Read More
Trading Places: Neighboring Companies On Opposing Sides Of Free Trade Debate
Trade has emerged as a potent issue this election season, with the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a flash point in the political debate. The stakes are high for the… Read More
Going To The MAT: Government And Science Back Medication Assisted Treatment Of Addiction
For those working daily to treat addiction tied to the opioid epidemic in the Ohio Valley, resources have been limited. Beginning this week doctors will have a little more to… Read More
The Prison Builder’s Dilemma: Economics and Ethics Clash in Eastern Kentucky
You are Letcher County, Kentucky. You are rural, mountainous, and in the heart of the central Appalachian coalfields. Your economy is not in good shape. Fox News has called your… Read More
The Flood Next Time: Warming Raises The Risk Of Disaster
People in West Virginia are still recovering from floods that tore through communities like vengeful gods. When you look at the pictures and videos of the June flood – thick,… Read More
Pot Vs. Pills: Can Marijuana Help Cure The Opiate Crisis?
As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the Ohio Valley with addiction and death, the search for safer methods of pain management has become increasingly urgent. Advocates for medical marijuana… Read More
Shafted: Dark Future Possible For Miners Who Kept Our Lights On
Miners in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia who helped keep the country’s lights on are worried that their retirement benefits could go dark as a result of a wave of… Read More
Net Gains: How Broadband Brings Jobs To Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky is working on a multimillion dollar plan to bring broadband internet to the eastern part of the state, home to some of the country’s most impoverished places. A federal report released… Read More
High Hopes For Hemp
Farmers throughout the Ohio Valley want to revive a crop that was once a staple in the region: hemp. After a ban that lasted more than half a century, the… Read More
LISTEN: Hot Fracking Waste Disposal Problems
The energy that lights up, turns on, cools and heats our lives leaves… a trail of waste. And the waste from the gas drilling known as “fracking” is often radioactive…. Read More
Hot Mess: How Radioactive Fracking Waste Wound Up Near Homes and Schools
The energy that lights up, turns on, cools and heats our lives leaves a trail of waste. Natural gas is no exception. The waste from the gas drilling known as… Read More
Community Food Initiative’s Annual Community Potluck
Please join Community Food Initiatives on Saturday, April 27th, from 1:00pm-3:00pm, for their annual community potluck and meeting at the Federal Valley Resource Center in Stewart, Ohio! Everyone is welcome… Read More
Explore the rich history of the region in “Our Town: Nelsonville” – March 14 at 9 pm
Our Town: Nelsonville Thursday, March 14 at 9 pm “People who think of Nelsonville as just a small town near Ohio University are wrong,” said WOUB Producer/Director Evan Shaw…. Read More
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