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![Food items available at the Mobile food bank site in Gallia County](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Image-from-iOS-scaled-e1665586697653-900x422.jpg)
$15 million brings relief to Southeast Ohio Food Bank, but more may be needed
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LOGAN, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Under ordinary circumstances, the shelves of the Southeast Ohio Food Bank are filled with goods. This summer was different. Much of the warehouse sat… Read More
![A single-story building with the words Federal Hocking Middle School displayed on the front.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_6106-e1664400985889-900x422.jpg)
Fed Hock hopes new middle school helps boost student support and communication with parents
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — For the first time since the mid-2000s, Federal Hocking Local Schools will have an independent middle school with its own administration and bell schedule…. Read More
![School Outreach Worker Becky Handa sits smiling at a table with another woman.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_6328-e1664299303549-900x422.jpg)
Children Services caseworkers work to enrich education and keep families together with School Outreach program
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JACKSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Whenever the kids at Trimble Elementary/Middle School have a problem, the first person they come to is Becky Handa. The walls of her room… Read More
![Alexander High School with a bus out front.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/061521_AlexanderSchool_166-scaled-e1623796947421-900x422.jpg)
Alexander aims for its first normal school year since the start of the pandemic
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Classes. Standardized tests. Driving to school. That’s what was on the minds of students at Alexander Junior High/High School after the first week of… Read More
![A group stands at a ribbon-cutting ceremony with a Spectrum flag behind them.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_6016-e1661311415645-900x422.jpg)
Broadband internet coming to previously unserved residents in Jackson County
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WELLSTON, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) – Hundreds of Jackson County households could soon have high-speed internet for the first time thanks to Spectrum’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. A ribbon-cutting ceremony… Read More
![A backhoe demolishes the brick front wall of the former Trimble school building.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.30.12-PM-e1660322188523-900x422.jpg)
After 40 years, Trimble tears down its abandoned schoolhouse
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TRIMBLE, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) – For years, the first thing anyone saw driving into Trimble was the abandoned brick building on Route 13. Once the site of the Trimble… Read More
![A large semi truck with the words "On the road to ending hunger in our communities by 2025" sits in front of a gray sky..](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image01-e1658773345178-900x422.jpeg)
Food banks seek financial relief as food for one in six Ohioans is on the line
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) – In October 2021 – before the war in Ukraine, before the baby formula shortage, and long before the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to… Read More
![A sign in large writing reads Hope Drive Apartments.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Hope-Drive-Sign-e1658085336346-900x422.jpg)
A shared garden creates a vibrant and healthy community for low-income families
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) – Just off East State Street, on the outskirts of Athens, is the low-income housing development at Hope Drive. At the far end of the… Read More
![A large truck with the logo of the Southeast Ohio Food Bank sits in front of a group of volunteers with food.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image2-e1657307665964-900x422.jpeg)
Funding losses and high prices force food bank to close down mobile distribution program
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Southeast Ohio Food Bank’s mobile food market is set up like a drive through. Cars pull in at one end of the Gallia… Read More
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Democratic candidate for Ohio treasurer speaks at Athens brewery
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) – Democratic candidate for Ohio Treasurer Scott Schertzer met with constituents at Little Fish Brewing Company in Athens this afternoon. Schertzer told WOUB that, if… Read More
![Volunteers at the Radical Times Thursday Night Dinner grand opening pass a plate down the assembly line in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/080521_RadicalTimes_129-scaled-e1628795476576-900x422.jpg)
Nelsonville Organization Brings Community To The Dinner Table
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — Dottie Fromal first had the idea for the Thursday Night Community Dinner when she was working at the Hive, a childcare center in Nelsonville. She met… Read More
![A Border Patrol agent watches as a group of migrants walk across the Rio Grande on their way to turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AP21194654023285-e1627055225788-900x422.jpg)
Asylum Seekers Find Life-Changing Refuge In Athens
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — For the last two years, the Athens United Immigrant Support Project (AUISP) has been working to help individuals who come to the United States fleeing abuse and… Read More
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Asylum Seekers Find A Life-Changing Refuge In Athens
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — For the last two years, the Athens United Immigrant Support Project (AUISP) has been working to help individuals who come to the United States fleeing abuse… Read More
![Johnson Road is seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/062921_JohnsonRoad_005-scaled-e1625600365691-900x422.jpg)
Johnson Road Exit Closure Raises Concerns For Residents, Businesses
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The highway exit near Athens High School connecting Johnson Road to Route 33 will soon close permanently, with major implications for traffic in The Plains. The… Read More
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Stimson Avenue Road Work Causes Significant Disruptions For Some Businesses
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Half of Stimson Avenue in Athens has been closed for months due to construction, and some businesses along the street are struggling. Business owners say reduced traffic… Read More
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Stimson Avenue Road Work Causes Significant Disruptions For Some Businesses
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Half of Stimson Avenue in Athens has been closed for months due to construction, and some businesses along the street are struggling. Business owners say reduced… Read More