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Appalachian Solar Dreams Become Realities As Money Flows In To A Community In Kentucky
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — The promise of solar energy for small, rural communities, and particularly those recovering from the decline of the coal industry, is twofold: job creation, and revenue. Money is flowing into solar energy— the Appalachian Regional Commission just funded a major regional solar financing program, and a massive solar farm may… Read More
Long Into The Pandemic, Ohio Valley Health Departments Aren’t Just Fighting COVID-19
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · 092421OVR – F The pandemic has swamped health departments. Since August, Ohio Valley health departments have been dealing with a massive surge in cases and that means more testing, contact tracing and phone calls. Although disease investigation is a core service of health departments, the pandemic has demanded a continual, robust… Read More
Recovery Through Employment: ARC Funding Makes Ohio Valley Programs Possible
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Jessica Stapleton was in the thralls of active addiction when she first heard of the Recovery to Work program. She had lost the trust of her family and custody of her six children. She credits the program with not only changing her life, but saving it as well. “It pretty much saved my life. I… Read More
Evictions At A Kentucky Trailer Park Highlight Ohio Valley’s Lack Of Affordable Housing
By: Katie Myers | Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — Jimmy McRoberts knew the North Fork Mobile Home Park was teeming with animals. Some residents, like local grandmother Penny Gozzard, had two or three beloved cats they kept a close eye on; others let their pets roam around and mingle with the neighborhood kids who played around their families’ trailers. So… Read More
With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again
By: Katie Meyers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In December, Kathy Fletcher, a lifelong Martin County, Kentucky, resident and mother, found her water was shut off. When it came back on, something was wrong with it. Fletcher remembers that after she showered, her skin and nails felt completely dried out. The water smelled acrid, like chemicals. For years, Fletcher has been frustrated by… Read More
Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley
By: Katie Myers | Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — St. Vincent’s Mission has been doing the work of feeding, clothing and sheltering the people of Floyd County, Kentucky, since 1968. “We believe that all persons have a God-ordained right to the basic needs of life in order to meet their full potential,” the mission states on its website. Recently,… Read More
Kentucky Judge Blocks Follow-up Attempt To Limit Beshear COVID Orders
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has temporarily blocked another attempt by Republican lawmakers to restrict Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd extended a temporary injunction Wednesday. It applies to a measure passed over the governor’s veto. The measure specifies which of Beshear’s pandemic-related orders… Read More
Beshear Vetoes Bill Aiming To Create Scholarship Tax Credits
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a measure that would allow limited use of scholarship tax credits for private school tuition. He calls it an unconstitutional attack on public education. Public education advocates denounced the proposal leading up to the veto Wednesday. But the embattled bill could still become law if… Read More
Foster Care Review Boards Seeking Volunteers Around Kentucky
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials say volunteers are being sought in nearly half of Kentucky’s counties to review cases of children in the foster care system. A statement from the Administrative Office of the Courts said that Citizen Foster Care Review Boards want people who can review cases to ensure that foster children are placed… Read More
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty To Improper Shipping Of Nuclear Waste
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man charged with illegally dumping low-level nuclear waste at an Estill County landfill has pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges of shipping the waste without the proper labeling. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Cory David Hoskins faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up… Read More
Mapping The Ohio Valley Residents Charged In Connection With U.S. Capitol Riot
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — Data compiled by an academic research group shows the home counties of 21 people from Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia charged so far in connection with the Jan. 6 riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The Program on Extremism at George Washington University compiled a database from the federal criminal… Read More
Addiction In The Pandemic: The $350M Effort To Heal Communities In Opioid Crisis
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — The Madison County health department in Kentucky has kept its harm reduction program open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to continue its work against the other epidemic afflicting the region: the addiction crisis. Through the program, people can exchange needles, receive referrals for addiction treatment services, and get training to use… Read More
Kentucky Panel Takes No Action On Impeachment Petitions
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A legislative panel has taken no action on impeachment petitions against Kentucky’s governor and attorney general. The House panel met behind closed doors for more than 3 1/2 hours Wednesday. Once the lawmakers reconvened, the committee chairman said that motions filed in conjunction with the petition seeking the ouster of GOP… Read More
Addiction In The Pandemic: An Interview With A Member Of Narcotics Anonymous
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — Terrance D. is the father of two daughters and lives in Lexington. He’s a carpenter and owns a small construction company. More than 15 years ago, Terrance walked into his first Narcotics Anonymous meeting at age 27. He spoke to the Ohio Valley ReSource about addiction, sobriety and how the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More
Ky. Impeachment Panel Makes Filings Open For Public Review
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A legislative panel reviewing a petition to impeach Kentucky’s governor has made filings from both sides open to the public. Deliberations on the matter were being conducted behind closed doors, however. The Republican-led committee voted to make the petition by four Kentuckians public Wednesday. It then went into a closed-door session…. Read More
Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (OVR) — Jessalyn Brown met Kyra Higgins through theater. “I saw her on stage and I was just like, ‘This girl is so good!’ She was just amazing.” So when it came time for Brown, 21, to direct a play for her senior project at Kentucky’s Georgetown College, she knew she wanted Higgins,… Read More
Ohio Valley Lawmakers React to Trump’s False Statements Undermining The Election
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — Polls had barely closed in the U.S. when President Donald Trump falsely alleged voter fraud and claimed prematurely to have won the election, saying “We will win this, and as far as I’m concerned, we already have won it.” The results of the election had not yet been called, and the… Read More
The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?
By: Suhail Bhat | Sydney Boles | Alana Watson | Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — This fall, Lexington, Kentucky, activist and artist Devine Carama launched a different kind of road trip across his home state. He visited a dozen cities and towns, from Pikeville, in the state’s Appalachian east, to Paducah, near where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi. He carried a sign that said “I’ll… Read More
Tobacco Plants Contribute Key Ingredient For COVID-19 Vaccine
By: Joe Palca | NPR
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Here’s irony: tobacco plants may be key in preventing COVID-19. Two companies are using the plants to produce proteins for a vaccine. One candidate vaccine is already in a clinical trial.
Braidy Industries Changes Name To Unity Aluminum
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ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company planning to build a massive mill in Appalachia has changed its name from Braidy Industries to Unity Aluminum. A release from the company Thursday says the new name “signifies the company’s steadfast commitment to its customers, innovative technologies and local community in Ashland.” Company leaders say Unity is… Read More
Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recording Will Be Released, Kentucky Attorney General Says
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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“The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body,” Attorney General Daniel Cameron says in a statement. “It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen.”
Kentucky Grand Jury Indicts Former Officer Who Fatally Shot Breonna Taylor On Charges Of Wanton Endangerment
By: Rachel Treisman | Brakkton Booker | NPR
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The grand jury did not announce charges against the other two officers involved. Demonstrators have long called for the officers to face criminal charges.
Back To The Land: The Future Challenge And Opportunity Of Appalachian Agriculture
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURGH, Ky. (OVR) — A line of blue and yellow pop-up tents stand along the North Fork of the Kentucky River during a sunny September weekend in downtown Whitesburg, Kentucky, and Valerie Horn is doing her part to keep the Letcher County Farmers Market rolling. Pumpkins and watermelons fill tarps laid out on the ground next… Read More
Louisville Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With Breonna Taylor’s Family
By: Brakkton Booker | NPR
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Officials also announced a series of police reforms to be adopted by Louisville Metro Police Department. Taylor was killed by police in March.
Beshear Creates Fund To Protect Kentuckians From Eviction
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FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has announced the creation of an eviction relief fund. Gov. Andy Beshear says it’s aimed at keeping people in their homes by reimbursing landlords for missed rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic. Beshear signed an executive order Monday setting up a system aimed at helping prevent evictions while assisting… Read More
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