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Meigs County Celebrates its Bicentennial
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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