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Meigs County Celebrates its Bicentennial
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Meigs County had a weekend packed with events to celebrate its bicentennial, including a parade featuring Governor Mike DeWine as the Grand Marshal. Over 20 floats that represented either Meigs… Read More

Athens Officials Requests More Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis
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Athens community leaders and the Ohio Democratic Party are asking for more money in the local government budget in order to better mitigate substance abuse problems. Chris Knisley, president of… Read More

Bonds Offered To Help Fund New Athens School Buildings
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ATHENS (WOUB) — Athens City Schools is now offering tax exempt bonds to people who wish to support the funding of the new school buildings. At Thursday’s regular meeting of… Read More

Precincts Will Move Back to Their Original Locations
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After several weeks of protests and heated community meetings, the Athens County Board of Elections passed a motion today during a special board meeting to move six polling locations in… Read More

Pomeroy Warehouse Fire Still Under Investigation
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POMEROY (WOUB) — Little is left of Mountaineer Metals in Pomeroy after a fire engulfed it on Saturday night. The fire was reported at 11:15 p.m and it took more… Read More

Public Works: Richland Underpass Needs More Money, Time
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ATHENS (WOUB) — The Richland Avenue Pedestrian Passageway, scheduled to be built this summer, is going to take two months longer and cost about $400,000 more to be built, city… Read More

Athens Turns out for Rainy Women’s March
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Editor’s Note: delfin bautista uses they/them pronouns and spells their name with lower case letters. Bee Irwin also uses they/them pronouns. WOUB News is honoring their preferences. Local residents, from… Read More

Swarm Is Making Changes, Declaring Independence
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Swarm was formerly known as Swarm of Dykes back in the late 80s. Bee Irwin, co-organizer of the group said it was brought back after President Trump’s administration announced their consideration… Read More

Hanukkah Festivities Underway in Athens
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Community members and Ohio University students celebrated the first day of Hanukkah on December 2 by lighting the shammash on a 9-foot tall menorah outside of Baker Center. According to… Read More

OU Student Training to Run 4,000 Miles for the Second Time
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Lighting up a candle and covering her eyes with a heat pad. That’s how Illona Hartman recovers from her third concussion before she can start running again. The Dutch international… Read More

Rain Causing More Than Rotten Tomatoes for Ohio Valley Farmers
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The precipitation average so far this year for Southeast Ohio is 34.75 inches, which is nearly 10 inches above normal, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Farmers in… Read More

Arts/West Opens New Music Program
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Fiddles, banjos, violins, ukuleles, and many other instruments are filling Arts/West’s and Stuarts Opera House. These instruments, specific to Appalachian culture, are part of Southeast Ohio’s Musical Lending Library. The library offers… Read More

Vulcan Riders Support Athens and Veterans
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ATHENS — Members of the 200 expected motorcyclists who are visiting Athens this week from the Vulcan Riders Association hit the road Monday night through uptown Athens. They made their way… Read More

Edwards, Berry, and Davis Lead the Buckeyes Past River Valley
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Hunter Edwards, Christian Berry, and Aron Davis’s double digit scoring against River Valley led the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes to a hard fought win with a final score of 56-48. River Valley… Read More

Nelsonville-York Suffers First Loss in Overtime to Vinton County
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Michaela Puckett and Samantha Thompson’s double-digit scoring led the Vinton County Lady Vikings to force the Nelsonville-York Lady Buckeyes first loss of the season in overtime 58-48. Nelsonville-York head coach… Read More