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Local company QuickLoadz offers a different solution for electrifying trucking
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – A local manufacturer is taking a different approach to building electric semi-trucks: Instead of electrifying the truck itself, it is electrifying the trailer. QuickLoadz, a manufacturer… Read More
![A man uses a cell phone. It's just his hand.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap21354448299400-74ec1d2fdd242f58e3ba05dc98fe08c63b08745b-e1657901649749-900x422.jpg)
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted tells regional leaders that he supports smartphone ban policy in schools
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Schools across Ohio are, or are considering a smartphone ban and Lt. Gov. John Husted says the state will support them in their efforts to do… Read More
![Dr. Amy Acton talked about helping lead the state through the pandemic at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine on Tuesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Amy-Acton-900x422.jpg)
Dr. Amy Acton talked to Ohio University students about leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Dr. Amy Acton, the former director of the Ohio Health Department, talked to medical students at Ohio University about the challenges she faced leading the state’s… Read More
![An imaginary cadastral map of territory with buildings, roads and land parcel](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shutterstock_2134881079-e1710995727643-900x422.jpg)
Some city officials in Athens say they support zoning changes to promote affordable housing
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens is considering zoning reforms to make building affordable housing easier. Director of Code Enforcement David Riggs outlined his recommendations to the Athens Planning Commission on… Read More
![Ohio University's Cutler Hall on the first day of the semester.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OU-Image-scaled-e1599491277344-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University officials won’t yet commit to remaining neutral on efforts to form a faculty union
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University leadership say they cannot yet commit to remaining neutral as faculty pursue their drive to form a union, and are also not yet convinced… Read More
![Athens residents discuss community strengths and weaknesses at Buckeye Hills Regional Council workshop in February.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Buckeye-Hills-workshop-e1710196075932-900x422.jpg)
Buckeye Hills Regional Council is asking residents to help shape southeast Ohio’s future economic development
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Economic development experts in southeastern Ohio are looking at the region’s future through a fresh set of eyes – those of the people who live and… Read More
![Kyle Butler, an associate professor of instruction at Ohio University, addresses a pro-union rally as Matthew deTar, an assistant professor of communications, looks on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OU-union-rally-e1709679566724-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University faculty gather more than enough signatures in their union drive
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – An effort to unionize faculty at Ohio University resulted in more than enough signatures to file a petition with the state. The United Academics of Ohio… Read More
![Mayor Steve Patterson stands for a portrait in his office in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/062221_StevePatterson_026-900x422.jpg)
Athens mayor to visit Ukrainian sister city
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – On Saturday, Athens Mayor Steve Patterson will depart for an eight-day trip to Ukraine on a trade and diplomatic mission. Patterson will visit the city of… Read More
![Jeff Slattery and Josh Senefeld communicate with a radio operator in Florida during the Athens County Amateur Radio Association's winter field day operation.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ham-radio-operators-e1708103254435-900x422.jpeg)
The Athens County Amateur Radio Association finds that young people are still drawn to old-school communication
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Long before cell phones and the internet, ham radios were linking people around the world. And this old-school technology continues to fascinate hobbyists of all ages… Read More
![The sun sets over the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, Ohio on May 6, 2019. Earlier this week, a number of Pike County residents filed a lawsuit alleging more than 2,000 people are adversely affected by the release of radioactive materials from the plant.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/01-JK_LawsuitHeader-DJI_0254-900x422.jpg)
A uranium enrichment plant in Piketon has plans to become an energy hub for the region and beyond
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PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB) — After undergoing 13 years of cleanup, a former uranium enrichment plant in Piketon is being repurposed as an alternative energy hub and manufacturing facility. As part… Read More
![Amtrak train arriving at the open station with people waiting to board the locomotive.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Amtrak-Charger-e1702071071547-900x422.jpg)
The Biden Administration announces funding to study expanding Amtrak service in Ohio
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The Biden Administration on Thursday announced $8.2 billion in funding for rail projects across the country and funding for identifying passenger rail corridors in Ohio and… Read More
![Shipping containers sit stacked at a port in Bayonne, N.J.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gettyimages-1346802226_custom-db00f3bd16915a54c363032c7478da4ad56c4f6b-scaled-e1637085343685-900x422.jpg)
An Amazon documentary will feature the local manufacturer of a potentially revolutionary product
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – A local manufacturer with a product that could potentially revolutionize intermodal shipping has received a grant from Amazon Business. QuickLoadz, which manufactures automated container trailers that… Read More
![Ohio University's Alumni Gateway on March 10, 2020](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG-4901-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University plans to raise minimum faculty salaries and reports increased student retention
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University plans to raise minimum faculty salaries and to raise promotion bumps by $1,000 over the next three years. This was announced Tuesday at the… Read More
![Traffic cones on road with electronic arrow pointing to the right to divert traffic and white car in distance.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Road-construction-stock-image-e1698904583541-900x422.jpg)
Athens’ Herrold Avenue extension project is set to be completed by the end of November
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – If all goes according to plan, another route to the West State Street ballfields, which are choked with traffic in the spring, will open soon. The… Read More
![Athens City Council President Chris Knisely, Mayor Steve Patterson and other dignitaries break ground on project to turn the Armory into a coworking space.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thumbnail_Athens-Armory-groundbreaking-e1697493811418-900x422.jpg)
Athens breaks ground on a project to convert the Armory into a coworking space
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The city of Athens broke ground Monday on a project to redevelop the Armory into a coworking space. “When I look at how far we’ve come,… Read More
![Emperor penguins on the sea ice of East Antarctica.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Penguins-in-Antarctica-e1697146224134-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio University meteorology professor warns melting Antarctic ice threatens penguins with extinction
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Melting Antarctic ice could contribute to rising sea levels and doom Antarctica’s penguin population to extinction by the end of the century. 2023 saw the lowest… Read More
![The Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/KennedySpaceCenter-e1696356155539-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio University professor’s plant research might contribute to long-distance space travel
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – An Ohio University professor’s research into plant biology has significant implications for space travel, along with applications closer to home. Sarah Wyatt, a professor of environmental… Read More
![Ohio University's Cutler Hall on the first day of the semester.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OU-Image-scaled-e1599491277344-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University sets fall enrollment record for the second year in a row
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – For the second year in a row, Ohio University set a new fall enrollment record. Ohio University saw 4,516 incoming students for fall 2023, exceeding its… Read More
![Ohio University's class gateway at College Green, photographed on May 2, 2019](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/class-gateway-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University is on track to top last year’s fall enrollment record
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – One week out from the start of the fall 2023 semester, Ohio University is on track to set another fall enrollment record. As of May 21,… Read More
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Local nurses get critical trauma care training with lifelike ‘patients’
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A group of nurses stand huddled around a patient who was rushed to the emergency room after their tractor rolled over. The patient has multiple lacerations… Read More
![A man pours water from a water dispensary into the back of his truck](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Vinton-County-water-e1627058598833-900x422.jpg)
Grant funding from the state will help run water lines to rural homes in Vinton County
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VINTON COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) — Vinton County will receive a $5.8 million grant from the state to bring drinking water to underserved households. More than 18,000 feet of watermains will… Read More
![Optical microscopes in a production line.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Row-of-microscopes-e1686844089322-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University professors part of a breakthrough discovery with major implications for medicine
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A team of researchers, including two Ohio University professors, have become the first to successfully detect the signal of individual atoms, a discovery that could aid… Read More
![An high shot of Meigs High School from a distance](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/f512e1b1-e4a0-4867-8339-140feb36d700-e1683323218860-900x422.jpg)
Meigs County students organize About Hope Always summit to address teens’ mental health
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POMEROY, Ohio (WOUB) — A group of students from three high schools in Meigs County are coming together to host a mental health awareness day. The event, About Hope Always… Read More
![The Athens armory is shown in this photo taken from the street in front of it.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/athens_armory-e1473362008767-900x422.png)
Athens set to begin redevelopment of the Armory into a coworking space
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Within the coming weeks, the city of Athens will break ground a project to convert the Armory into a coworking space. The project will cost $4.5… Read More
![Ohio University's class gateway at College Green, photographed on May 2, 2019](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/class-gateway-900x422.jpg)
Preliminary numbers suggest another strong fall enrollment at Ohio University’s Athens campus
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Enrollment for fall 2023 at Ohio University is tracking higher than it was last year, when the university saw record enrollment. As of April 5, slightly… Read More