Apr 19
Economy

Cannabis Economy: With Medical Marijuana, Ohio’s Meigs County Hopes To Cash In On “Golden” Opportunity

By Aaron Payne

For Earth Day Nature Conservancy Preserves 100,000 Acres Of Appalachian Forest And Streams

Energy & Environment

A conservation group chose Earth Day, April 22, to announce the purchase of a massive property in Appalachian forest to protect habitat and help wildlife adapt to the challenges of climate change. The property covers 100,000 acres of forest straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The Nature Conservancy, the nonprofit that made the purchase, said it plans […]

By Sydney Boles

Federal Opioid Strikeforce Indicts More Than A Dozen Ohio Valley Doctors

Health

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday more than a dozen indictments against doctors in the Ohio Valley on charges relating to the illegal distribution of opioids. These are the first major indictments from the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force, which started work in December. “The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis […]

By Aaron Payne

Mine Safety Debt For WV Gov. Justice’s Family Companies Grows to $4M

Energy & Environment

An Ohio Valley ReSource analysis of federal mine safety data shows that the companies belonging to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice owe $4.3 million in delinquent debt for mine safety violations. That is far more than the companies owed when Justice ran for governor in 2016, when he pledged to make good […]

By Alexandra Kanik and Brittany Patterson
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