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OU Upward Bound On Its Way Out

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ATHENS — A 50-year-old program that provides services for low-income and potential first generation college students is going away due to funding cuts, according to officials. The Ohio University Upward… Read More

Rural Action Annual Meeting


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Please join us Saturday, June 10 from 10:00 am until 2:30 pm for our 26th Annual Meeting On the Horizon: Organizing Communities for a Just Transition, taking place at Rural… Read More

Coal Country’s Mixed Views on Climate Accord

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  Many political leaders in the Ohio Valley approve of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. But surveys indicate that public opinion across the… Read More

Trump Administration’s Addiction Crisis “Listening Tour” Gets An Earful

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Trump administration officials have been visiting parts of the country affected by the opioid addiction crisis, including the Ohio Valley region. The administration called it a “listening tour,” and they… Read More

Former Coal CEO Blankenship Released From Prison

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Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is scheduled to be released from an Arizona halfway house on Wednesday after serving a year in federal prison. Blankenship was found guilty of… Read More

McConnell’s Dual Role In Miners’ Benefits Saga

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Retired miners will not lose their health benefits, as had been feared, thanks to last-minute action from Congress. However, Congress did not act on the miners’ faltering pension benefits fund,… Read More

Miners’ Health Benefits Secured But Pensions Remain Uncertain

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United Mine Workers retirees are celebrating a permanent fix for health benefits secured in the federal spending agreement Congress reached over the weekend. However, the deal left them with more… Read More

Defunding Appalachia: Coal Communities Resist President’s Budget Cuts

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Danny Ferguson didn’t like what he saw happening in Lincoln County, West Virginia, where he grew up. The downturn in the coal industry had hit hard, and young people had… Read More

KY, WV Move to Weaken Mine Safety Rules

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Lawmakers in both Kentucky and West Virginia are working to loosen mine safety regulations, alarming some mine safety experts. Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that reduces the number of underground… Read More

Ariel Opera House Commemorates Life of Gallipolis’ John Gee

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This Sunday, Feb. 12, the Ariel Opera House in Gallipolis, OH will offer a free event to the public, entitled “The Story of John Gee, Hero of Gallipolis.” At 2… Read More

Picturing The Future: A Coal Community’s Comeback

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Can a photograph help a community grow? One photographer is shedding some light on ongoing efforts in a region looking for some new ways to sustain itself. Rebecca Kiger is… Read More

Past Accidents Have Lead to Stronger Drinking Water Protections


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Chances are, one of the first things you do in the morning is turn on the faucet. For more than three million people in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia,… Read More

Toxic Legacy: “Teflon” Chemical Sticks Around In Water Supplies

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For more than half a century along the Ohio River, the chemical company DuPont provided jobs for thousands of people. One chemical they produced is PFOA, commonly known as C8…. Read More

Fossil Feud: W.Va.’s Attorney General Defends Coal In National Spotlight


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The U.S. Appeals Court in Washington, D.C., hears arguments Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the case West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the federal Clean Power Plan. That’s the centerpiece of the… Read More

Mountains Of Evidence: Questions About Coal’s Most Controversial Practice May Finally Be Answered

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The prestigious National Academy of Sciences recently announced a comprehensive study on the health effects of the controversial coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal. For coalfield residents who have… Read More

Emeritus OU Professor’s Work On Display At FVRC

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Robert “Bob” D. Borchard has been a well known artist in the Athens County area for over 40 years, having taught art at Ohio University for three decades, starting in… Read More

Gallipolis Man Allegedly Threatens To ‘Kill A Cop’

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Update 10 a.m.: Russell’s bond was set at $15,000 in Athens County Municipal Court. He was also told by Judge William Grim that he could not be on Ohio University property… Read More

ARTS/West to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with Three-Day Event


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Athens area residents are invited to celebrate ARTS/West’s 10th anniversary with a weekend-long event, Aug. 14-16. The celebration gets underway on Friday, Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. with an art… Read More

Pickaway Park Offers Respite from Everyday Life

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Go Ohio Valley is a free app produced by Adams Publishing Group of Ohio and presents an avenue to explore numerous categories and activities in the region. This week’s featured… Read More

Pike County Bicentennial Celebrations Continue

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Go Ohio Valley is a free app produced by Adams Publishing Group of Ohio and presents an avenue to explore numerous categories and activities in the region. This week’s featured… Read More

Buckeye Among the Lakes, Parks Beckoning Visitors

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There is good news and bad news at Ohio’s oldest state park. The good news at Buckeye Lake in Fairfield, Licking and Perry counties is that the 183-year-old dam, in… Read More

Commissioners Donate Easement For Bike Path Extension

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The Athens County Commissioners agreed to donate an easement for construction of the Columbus Road bike path spur being pursued by the city of Athens. City officials met with commissioners… Read More

Commissioners Want ER To Remain In Nelsonville

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Athens County officials want OhioHealth to include an emergency room in an outpatient facility to be built in Nelsonville. On Monday, OhioHealth announced it will close Doctors Hospital Nelsonville –… Read More

Federal Judge Rules Coal Company Polluted Streams In West Virginia

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A federal judge has ruled that two Alpha Natural Resources mountaintop removal mines in southern West Virginia illegally polluted streams. U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers in Huntington ruled Wednesday that… Read More

Snow Days Mean Kids Go Without Free/Reduced Meals


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Many school districts have run out of calamity days, but making up that classroom time isn’t the only issue in some communities.  When a school closes for the day, then… Read More