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

Drug Company Gilead Gives $11M To Halt Hep C Rise In Ohio Valley

Health

Drug maker Gilead Sciences will give $11.3 million to help prevent and treat hepatitis C in Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. That money is part of a five-year project aimed at a region that’s been hit hard by the viral disease. About 43,000 people in Kentucky have hepatitis C, according to recent […]

By Lisa Gillespie
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