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Online SNAP Program Could Increase Food Accessibility in Ohio Valley
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — Kentucky and West Virginia have recently been added to a federal pilot program to allow food stamp recipients to purchase groceries online, and Ohio Valley anti-hunger… Read More
Demand Soars at Food Banks While Farmers Have Too Much Food
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — Food banks and pantries across the Ohio Valley are seeing spiked demand as an unprecedented surge of people continue to file for unemployment benefits, with food banks… Read More
Religious Leaders Adapt Holy Week, Passover Traditions To Pandemic
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Pathway Baptist Church in west Kentucky is trying something a bit different from their usual service. Pastor Mike Donald, standing on a makeshift stage in front of a giant outdoor… Read More
Coronavirus Concerns Rise as Ohio Valley Meatpacking Workers Fall Sick
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HINTON, W.Va. (OVR) — As the number of coronavirus cases surge across the country, some meatpacking facilities have been temporarily shuttered due to workers falling ill to the virus. Three workers… Read More
Coronavirus Straining Financial Resources of Ohio Valley Hospitals
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — As coronavirus cases continue to increase throughout the Ohio Valley, rural hospitals are preparing for a potential surge of COVID-19 patients. But as they do so,… Read More
“We Can’t Get To Everybody”: Hospital Closures, Underfunded Health Centers Hinder Coronavirus Response
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Local public health departments and hospitals are on the front lines of facing the coronavirus throughout the Ohio Valley, yet the health professionals who run these facilities say years of… Read More
Over-Hyped Hemp? Amid Price Drop and a Big Bankruptcy, Some Farmers Feel Burned
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John Fuller is waiting for another farmer he’s never met before to talk about a situation he never imagined he would be in. It’s an overcast January day on his… Read More
Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned
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Ohio Valley farmers planted more than 27,000 acres of hemp last year — about four times more than in 2018 — to cash in on a booming market for popular… Read More
Rising Waters: Aging Levees, Climate Change And The Challenge To Hold Back The Ohio River
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When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past. The longtime journalist and local historian is… Read More
While FDA Warns CBD Companies, Ohio Valley Industry Continues to Grow
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent out 15 letters last week warning some companies that sell cannabidiol, or CBD, about making unfounded medical claims regarding the effects of the hemp-derived compound…. Read More
Hemp Farmers Form Cooperatives Amid Growth And Uncertainty
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Tony Silvernail swings a heavy machete at a stalk of bushy hemp and chops the plant near the root, grabbing the five-foot-tall shoot with his sun-weathered hand. It’s an unusually… Read More
Farmer Fatigue: Farmers Grow Weary Of Trade War, But Most Stick With Trump
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Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his… Read More
Power Plant: How A Grass Might Generate Fuel And Help Fix Damaged Mine Lands
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Down bumpy back roads deep in central West Virginia, a flat, bright green pasture opens up among the rolling hills of coffee-colored trees. Wildflowers and butterflies dot the pasture, but… Read More
How A Proposed SNAP Eligibility Revision Could Affect Ohio Valley Recipients
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week a proposal to tighten the rules on who qualifies for food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA estimates more… Read More
Watershed Moment: “Ephemeral” Streams Debate Could Reshape Ohio Valley Waterways
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West Liberty University Professor Zachary Loughman has dedicated his professional life to crustaceans – specifically freshwater crayfish. He dips his hand into one of the water tanks at his laboratory… Read More
Farmers, Economists See More Economic Pain From Trump’s Increased Tariffs
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Ohio Valley farmers say the latest tariff escalation between the Trump administration and China could continue to hurt their businesses, with many farmers already facing financial struggles. As Chinese officials visit… Read More
CBD Uncertainty: Sales Soar But Science Lags On Hemp Health Effects
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Inside the Bluegrass Hemp Oil store in Lexington, Kentucky, the CBD oils and lotions lining the walls have an origin story — a story of a family’s struggle. “We took… Read More
As Some Midwest Farmers Struggle With Historic Flooding, Ohio Valley Ethanol Producers See Profit Boost
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Mick Henderson runs the Commonwealth Agri-Energy ethanol plant in west Kentucky. He said the past year for U.S. ethanol producers, including in the Ohio Valley, has been rough. “We’ve just… Read More
Distress Grows For Ohio Valley Farmers As Trade Deals Stall
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West Kentucky Farmer Barry Alexander doesn’t have an answer on when the Trump administration will reach a trade deal with China, now a year into tariffs that have hamstrung some Ohio Valley… Read More
Rural Broadband Funding Could Connect More Ohio Valley Communities To High-Speed Internet
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Vivian Livingood is the mayor of Gilbert, a southern West Virginia town of under 500 people that has struggled for years without reliable internet. Livingood said that hampers Gilbert’s tourism,… Read More
Hemp’s Heyday: It’s Finally Legal. Now, Can Ohio Valley Farmers Cash In?
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Inside Winkin’ Sun Hemp Company in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, store owner Doug Flight tries to position himself in front of a camera crew. His experience with growing and selling… Read More
Farmers Still Dealing With Effects Of Government Shutdown
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The federal government shutdown is over but some Ohio Valley farmers are still dealing with its effects as they try to sign up for federal relief payments and find ways to substitute… Read More
Limited USDA Service During Government Shutdown Sows Confusion For Farmers
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The Farm Service Agency office in Mayfield, Kentucky, is so quiet you can hear the tick of the Department of Agriculture-branded clock on the wall. Eleven employees usually make up… Read More
Trump Doubles Down On Trade War As Farmers Feel Pain From Tariffs
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As President Donald Trump addressed farmers at a national conference Monday Ohio Valley agriculture leaders said they are standing by his effort to renegotiate trade deals. But some leaders cautioned… Read More