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How a draft plan aims to restore waters of the Ohio River Basin
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — The Ohio River and the tributaries, streams and lakes connected to it provide drinking water for more than 30 million people. But serious problems threaten… Read More
Ohio museums grapple with federal cuts to the humanities
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NOBLE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last year, the Noble County Historical Society in southeast Ohio celebrated its 60th birthday. The Ohio Humanities pitched in with a $1,100 grant. Though… Read More
On National Trails Day, Buckeye Trail officials hope Ohioans conquer all 1,440-plus miles
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — The Buckeye Trail Association is attempting to set a record Saturday with its Biggest Day Hike. In honor of National Trails Day, the organization is… Read More
Less food and more demand: Ohio’s rural food pantries cope with federal cuts
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STOCKPORT, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — As a steady trickle of cars pulled into a gravel roundabout one morning in Stockport, a tiny village in southeast Ohio, volunteers loaded cardboard… Read More
Earthquakes in Ohio? It’s more likely than you think
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — At the end of last month, a minor earthquake rattled southeast Ohio’s Noble County. A few days later residents reported another. Then another. By May… Read More
From the banana split to the waffle cone, Ohio’s ice cream heritage is pretty sweet
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — When it comes to ice cream innovation, Ohio takes the cake. From the waffle cone to the banana split, pioneering Ohioans have shaped the way… Read More
Six Ohio sites have been added to the national Underground Railroad network
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Earlier this month, the National Park Service added six Ohio sites to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom — a program meant to… Read More
The USPS is ‘modernizing.’ Here’s what that means for Ohio mail
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BROWN COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Chuck Klein gets his mail, he doesn’t walk. He drives down a long gravel driveway onto a narrow one-lane drive, which eventually… Read More
As cities call off Cinco de Mayo parades, one Ohio community celebrates in full color
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PAINESVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — At Painesville’s Cinco de Mayo festival in northeast Ohio, a troupe of folkloric dancers prepared to take the floor. They held up full, brightly… Read More
These Ohio med students want to improve rural health care with cell phones
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Accessing health care in rural Ohio can be difficult. A shortage of providers, worsened by recent hospital closures, means some people have to go long… Read More
Wind energy is bringing major dollars to some Ohio counties. Others aren’t blown away
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PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Tony Zartman first ran for Paulding County Commissioner in 2009, he said the local government was so poor, it could barely afford… Read More
The paper mill is a Chillicothe icon. How would its closure impact the local economy?
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last week, Pixelle Specialty Solutions announced plans to close its Chillicothe paper mill. The announcement sparked local outrage — the mill is one of the biggest… Read More
‘The black hole of southern Ohio’: how cuts to the VA could impact Chillicothe
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Dan Ramey Jr. was just starting his senior year at Chillicothe High School in September 2001. He watched the Twin Towers fall during lunch…. Read More
Meet the “bounty hunter” filing lawsuits in the name of government transparency
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Brian Ames has spent the last decade filing upwards of 160 lawsuits against local governments in the name of government transparency. “I go find public… Read More
Appalachian Ohio child care workers shared their pandemic lessons for a Library of Congress collection
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Five years ago this month, Ohio issued an emergency stay-at-home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools shut down. Child care providers stopped operating…. Read More
Here’s how tariffs could impact Ohio’s soybean growers
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — As foreign countries threaten and impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, some Ohio soybean farmers are growing concerned. Soybeans are the state’s top-produced crop: Ohio… Read More
From coal to community forest, this is how one Athens County organization is reclaiming former mine land
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The woods behind Weston Lombard’s farm in Athens County is expansive. “If you look around, we’re just surrounded by oak trees and hickory… Read More
More than half of Ohio adults aren’t proficient in literacy and numeracy. One organization is trying to help
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Delores Landers was 16 years old, she dropped out of high school. She was failing math classes and unable to find the academic support… Read More
‘Keep Ya Head Up’: Honest conversations about gun violence in Ohio
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Gun violence is a leading cause of death for young people in Ohio. The problem is especially severe in Cuyahoga County, where the gun homicide rate… Read More
How Dayton became the funk capital of the world
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. It would one day make its home in Dayton, Ohio…. Read More
Scientists want to monitor microplastics in the Great Lakes. Here’s why it matters
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Research suggests the concentration of microplastics in Lake Erie rivals the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The particles are present in all five Great Lakes, but there’s… Read More
‘Going with God,’ conservative Amish have sued Ohio over its buggy lights law
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HARDIN COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In the 1960s, the Swartzentrubers — one of the most conservative subgroups of Old Order Amish — worked out a deal with the… Read More
Why is Hamilton County getting so much opioid settlement money?
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — The largest opioid settlement money payout to date is a nationwide $26 billion deal with Johnson & Johnson, plus three of the country’s biggest drug wholesalers…. Read More
How some Ohio cities are bringing new life to old malls
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Just off Interstate 75 at exit 68 north of Dayton, the Tipp City Plaza once bustled with businesses inside the old mall, offering a convenient… Read More
Quitting vaping is hard. New research shows quitline coaching helps
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — In an effort to identify ways to help young people who are quitting vaping, researchers at Ohio State University launched a study. They recruited more than… Read More