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Eastern Kentucky Prison Moves Forward As Opponents Consider Challenge
The Bureau of Prisons has issued a record of decision signaling that it is moving ahead with plans to build a federal prison on the site of a former strip mine in… Read More
Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange
Greg Lee, Kentucky’s HIV/AIDS educator, starts the town hall on a somber note. “How many people in this room know someone who has died of an overdose death?” It is… Read More
Amid Black Lung Surge, Kentucky Changes Benefits Process For Miners
William McCool is a 64-year-old former coal miner from Letcher County, Kentucky, with an advanced form of black lung disease. Health experts say the condition is entirely preventable with dust… Read More
Deep In Gun Country, Students Speak Out On Gun Violence
Gun culture runs deep in much of the Ohio Valley, where hunting is a revered tradition and the majority of state lawmakers in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia boast “A”… Read More
CDC Outlines Plan To Address Ohio Valley’s Opioids Crisis
President Donald Trump’s call to implement the death penalty for drug traffickers grabbed headlines Monday. But public health officials within the Trump administration are stressing other elements of the president’s… Read More
Trader Woes: Region’s Bourbon, Beans And More Could Suffer Under Tariffs
Bottles of bourbon make their way through the assembly line at Maker’s Mark, one of ten distilleries on the Kentucky bourbon trail. They’re cleaned, filled, capped and then dipped in the… Read More
Students Push As Lawmakers Ponder Gun Safety Bills
In a recently released court video, Capt. Matt Hilbrecht of the Marshall County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s office testifies about his interrogation of Gabriel Parker, the 15-year-old accused of a mass shooting at… Read More
Rural Risk: Fighting Disease Amid The Opioid Crisis
Health officials in the Ohio Valley are investigating outbreaks of disease associated with needle drug use in what is emerging as a new public health threat from the region’s… Read More
Help On Tap For Troubled Water System In Coal Country
A water system in eastern Kentucky that was on the verge of collapse could soon get much needed improvements. Many Martin County, Kentucky, residents were without water for long periods… Read More
Tariff-ic Impact: Ohio Valley Awaits Trump Decision On Steel, Aluminum
The Ohio Valley was once synonymous with steel. Even after the industry’s sharp decline the region is still home to many industries that produce or use steel and aluminum. Those… Read More
Stopping School Shootings: Researcher Says Compassionate Culture Can Help
In the wake of school shootings in Kentucky and Florida, a rash of copycat school threats throughout the Ohio Valley left law enforcement and school officials grappling with how to… Read More
Painful Lessons: Using Data On Overdose Deaths To Combat Opioid Crisis
The Ohio Valley’s numbers on the opioid crisis are grim, especially so in West Virginia, which has the nation’s highest rate of overdose deaths. But those numbers could give health… Read More
Fracking Waste Disposal: Still A Hot Mess
The slogan for Estill County is “where the bluegrass kisses the mountains.” But since 2015 the county, population 15,000, is widely known as the place where radioactive material generated by the… Read More
Living With Black Lung: Coal Miners Caught In A Surging Epidemic
The central Appalachian coalfields are in the middle of an unprecedented epidemic of severe black lung disease. In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association federal researchers released… Read More
Uncertain Status: Immigration Changes Leave Some In Limbo
With Congress in a heated immigration debate, the Ohio Valley region is adding to its immigration courts. Sources within the Justice Department say Kentucky will have a new immigration court… Read More
Change Of Mined: Study Highlights Appalachia’s Tough Task Ahead
At a recent conference in Lexington, Kentucky, economists and community leaders gathered to talk about the state’s current budget crunch and possible economic future. Peter Hille, president of Mountain Association for… Read More
Feds Deny Poultry Industry Request To Increase Work Speed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a petition by the National Chicken Council to remove the speed limit on work at some slaughterhouses, a move that food safety advocates are calling a victory… Read More
Trump Takes Enforcement Approach To Opioid Crisis
President Donald Trump addressed the opioid crisis affecting the Ohio Valley region in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. “We must get much tougher on drug dealers… Read More
Farmers Fond of Trump But Growing Nervous About Trade
When President Trump spoke to the American Farm Bureau annual convention this month he focused on the regulatory rollbacks and tax cuts that motivated many farmers to help vote him… Read More
In Wake Of School Shooting, A Look At How Kids Get Guns
Heather Adams sat in a line of cars along Kentucky Route 95, cars filled with parents who had just received the call no parent wants to get: A shooting at her child’s… Read More
Trump Renews Opioid Emergency: Democrats Want More Funding For Crisis
The Trump administration has extended its public health emergency on the opioid crisis. The move came just days before the original declaration signed in October was set to expire. Acting… Read More
Trump’s First Year Leaves Obamacare on Life Support in Ohio Valley
Remember the American Health Care Act, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, or the Obamacare Repeal and Reconciliation Act? They were among the many Congressional proposals to end the Affordable Care… Read More
Trump Brought Attention But Little Money To Counter Opioid Crisis
Donald Trump told supporters on the campaign trail his plan to combat the opioid crisis. It included stopping the flow of drugs into the country, increase the penalties for drug trafficking, and… Read More
Miner Change: Trump’s Big Talk On Coal Brings Small Change in First Year
Donald Trump loves coal. He campaigned on a promise to put miners back to work and his first year in office included numerous Ohio Valley visits to highlight coal’s importance…. Read More
Changing Course: Federal Grant Fills Gaps In Rural School Funding
A group of students from South Floyd Middle School had seen the nearby elementary school suffer damage from floods year after year. When they joined the school’s newly formed engineering team,… Read More
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