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Council Wants Levy For Street Lighting
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Nelsonville City Council is moving to generate some more money. It wants to put a 1.5 mil levy on the ballot in November. City Law Director Garry Hunter says… Read More
Ohio To Establish Ultra-fast Broadband Network
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Later this year, someone will flip a switch and Ohio will start using a new ultra-fast broadband network. It's a project that promises to dramatically advance research and job growth… Read More
Local Politicians Say State Agency Merger Proposal Is ‘Worth Exploring’
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State Representative Debbie Phillips of Athens says a proposal by the governor to merge two state agencies is "worth exploring." The agencies are the Ohio Department of Mental Health and… Read More
Bond Set For Man Accused In Fist Fight Death
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Bond remains at $50,000 for a Glouster man charged with murdering another Athens County man last week. Gary Wooten, 20, had a hearing Monday in Athens County Municipal Court and… Read More
Forest Farming Reaps Large Profits
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If you have land with a significant number of trees and want to make some money, you may want to give forest farming a try. It's a practice of agraforestry,… Read More
Public Safety Agencies And Ohio National Guard Prepare For Building Collapse
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Ross County public safety agencies and the Ohio National Guard are preparing for a building to collapse today. It's not a real building, it's a structural collapse simulator. The three-day… Read More
Ohio Receives $26M For Summer Youth Employment Programs
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Young people looking around Southeast Ohio for a job this summer may be able to find one at their local Department of Job and Family Services office. Ohio has received… Read More
Riot At Palmerfest
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Athens Mayor Paul Wiehl declared Palmer Street a riot area last night after a crowd threw bottles at firefighters who were trying to put out a fire. The crowd was… Read More
City Says No To Property Owner Offer Of Boulder Hillside
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The owner of the property where a boulder fell in March says the city has told him it's not interested in taking control of the hillside where the huge rock… Read More
Investigative Unit Hits Fests, Summer Concerts
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High Fest in Athens is a block party held annually by Ohio University students. Unlike most everybody else, Erik Lockhart is not here to hoist a few cold ones. Lockhart… Read More
Civil War Reenactors “Raid” Nelsonvile
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General John Hunt Morgan made a stop in Nelsonville Friday night. The city is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and a reenactment featuring the Confederate general was… Read More
Former Buchtel Police Chief Expected To Plead Guilty
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The former chief of police of an Athens County village is expected to plead guilty to permitting drug abuse at his court appearance tomorrow. Athens County prosecutor Keller Blackburn said… Read More
OU Trustees Give McDavis Authority To Pursue Mineral Rights Agreements
By: Fred Kight, Taylor Mirfendereski
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The Ohio University board of trustees authorized the university president today to enter into mineral rights agreements. The resolution gives OU President Roderick McDavis permission to sign agreements pending final… Read More
Athens Farmers Market Celebrates Longevity, Popularity
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If you're looking for fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods or specialty foods, many people will tell you the Athens Farmers Market is the place to go. Kip Parker, site… Read More
Athens Fracking Advisory Group Prepares To Produce Report In Six Months
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A new committee appointed by the Athens County Commission is starting to learn about all things fracking. It's a process which will lead to a report about deep shale development… Read More
Fracking Advisory Group Up And Running
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The Athens County Strategic Advisory Committee on Hydraulic Fracturing is now open for business. The new group held its first meeting Wednesday. It was appointed by the Athens County Commissioners… Read More
Mansfield National Guard Unit Hauls Army Supplies To Afghanistan
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Once again, some of our citizen soldiers have been killed in the line of duty. It happened April 4th in Afghanistan. Three members of the Ohio National Guard died in an… Read More
Athens County Farmer Looks Forward To Promising Harvest Season
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Kelly Abfall is an Athens County farmer. He's 32 years old, lives near Albany and grows corn and soybeans. Other farmers around Ohio have been planting their crops already because… Read More
Prosecutor Wants To Keep Bebb In Columbus Facility
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A five-year-old Athens murder case is still playing out in a local courtroom. Jonathan Bebb was found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his father, Phillip Bebb, in… Read More
EMS Director Resigns Following Commissioners Meeting
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A day after being told by the county commissioners to shape up, Athens County Emergency Medical Services Director Corey Lenigar has resigned. In the resignation letter, Lenigar writes to commissoners,… Read More
Watershed Group Makes Strides With Doser Project
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A conservation group is slowly but surely bringing life back to a polluted stream in Meigs County. The stream is Leading Creek and the group is the Leading Creek Watershed… Read More
McConnelsville Man Helps Iraqi Refugees Resettle In U.S.
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To most of us, Iraq is a newspaper headline, a far-away, foreign country which we don't think about much. That's not the case for Rick Welch of McConnelsville. Welch is a… Read More
Athens Co. Native Among Guardsmen With Jobs On The Line
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Major Jeremy Ford is an Athens County native who's now living in Mansfield and flying C-27J aircraft for the Ohio Air National Guard. That could change, however, if the Air… Read More
Hocking College Implements New Contract For Union Workers
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Hocking College is implementing a new contract for a group of union workers who voted that contract down recently. "The college exercised our right to unilaterally implement the terms of… Read More
OU Receives Funding For Compost Expansion
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Ohio University is getting $120,000 from the state to expand its composting system. The system is the largest of its kind for any college in the country. And State… Read More
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