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Nov 21

Economy

West Virginians fight state officials to route highway around their towns

Ohio Valley ReSource · West Virginians fight state officials to route highway around their towns DAVIS — It was the quiet hour before Sirianni’s Pizza Cafe opened, and Walt Ranalli was rushing from the dining area to the storage room, carrying boxes that a supplier had left earlier that morning. The wood-paneled walls of the […]

By Alexa Beyer

Nov 21

Economy

West Virginians fight state officials to route highway around their towns

By Alexa Beyer

Nov 2

Democracy & Civic Life

Three months after flooding, eastern Kentuckians worry about low voter turnout

Mitch Whitaker is the chair of the Republican Party in Letcher County, Kentucky. He’s knocking on the door of a house that just so happens to sit across from the trailer that now contains Fleming-Neon’s city hall and police department. That’s because everything downtown was destroyed by flood waters. “I’m with the Republican Party and […]

By Justin Hicks

Nov 2

Democracy & Civic Life

Flooded eastern Kentuckians worry about voter turnout

Justin Hicks

Oct 14

Democracy & Civic Life

As charter schools spread across Ohio Valley, a controversial curriculum begins to take hold

A small private school in Michigan with ties to former President Donald Trump is shaping how thousands of students are educated in publicly funded charter schools across the country, including right here in the Ohio Valley. Cincinnati Classical Academy is one of the newest charter schools in Ohio. With 450 students, it is the […]

By Kaitlin Thorne

Oct 14

Democracy & Civic Life

Controversial charter school curriculum spreads across Ohio Valley

Kaitlin Thorne

Oct 13

Energy & Environment

Biden promised to focus on ‘environmental justice.’ So far, that doesn’t include finishing key review of mountaintop removal’s health impacts

ORGAS — LeRoy and Penny Ferrell are unloading groceries under a carport next to their Boone County home. The couple grew up in the area and have lived in the house behind them for the past fifty years. But there’s a lot that’s changed about their community over the years, including the people living there. […]

By Alexa Beyer

Oct 13

Energy & Environment

Biden hasn't resumed key study of strip mining health impacts

Alexa Beyer

Sep 22

Energy & Environment

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ polluted drinking water in this Ky. town. Residents say they didn’t know.

Nearly three years ago, state officials found toxic “forever chemicals” polluting the drinking water in the city of South Shore at higher concentrations than anywhere else in Kentucky. The state’s Energy and Environment Cabinet warned South Shore Mayor Cheryl Moore and began regularly testing the city’s water and sending her the results. Life has otherwise […]

By Ryan VanVelzer

Sep 22

Energy & Environment

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ polluted drinking water in this Ky. town. Residents say they didn’t know.

Ryan VanVelzer

Sep 6

Energy & Environment

West Virginia, Kentucky officials repeatedly ignored plans to prepare for catastrophic floods. Residents are paying the price.

When four and a half feet of water engulfed the town of Fleming-Neon, Kentucky, in July, fire chief Carter Bevins found himself in an unfamiliar position. “We were helpless,” he said. The volunteer firehouse, which sits on a small road directly in front of Wright Fork creek, was surrounded by a chest-high wall of […]

By Alexa Beyer

Sep 6

Energy & Environment

WV and KY officials ignored plans to prepare for catastrophic flooding

Alexa Beyer

Aug 31

Agriculture

Eastern Ky. farmers markets provide free food after floods

Ohio Valley ReSource · Eastern Ky. farmers markets provide free food after floods It’s a cloudy summer morning in the mountains, and Lois Thompson has just started heading home from the Letcher County Farmers Market in Whitesburg. But she can’t even pull out of the parking lot before her car is flagged down by Valerie […]

By Parker Hobson

Aug 31

Agriculture

Eastern Ky. farmers markets provide free food after floods

Parker Hobson

Aug 5

Energy & Environment

In remote eastern Kentucky, neighbors help where no one else will

Ohio Valley ReSource · In remote eastern Kentucky, neighbors help where no one else will Over the past week, Havanna Thacker has transformed a historic high school in Carr Creek, Kentucky into a supply depot. While her mother whips up trays of food in a tiny cafeteria, she stocks the gym with supplies that people […]

By Justin Hicks

Aug 5

Energy & Environment

In eastern Ky, neighbors help each other through flood

Justin Hicks

Jul 30

Energy & Environment

Eastern Kentuckians sift through debris after historic flood

Ohio Valley ReSource · Eastern Kentuckians clean up, count blessings as flood waters recede Andy Morell and his family watch layers of mud roll down into the storm gutter as a man power washes the residue left behind on their street in Whitesburg, Kentucky. “Physically, we’re drained. Emotionally drained. But you know, we’re glad to […]

By Katie Myers

Jul 30

Energy & Environment

Eastern Kentuckians sift through flood debris

Katie Myers

Jul 24

Democracy & Civic Life

A storied Kentucky town ‘dissolves’, others may follow

The mayor of Blackey stepped down years ago. The city council dwindled down to nothing. No one stepped up to replace them. Though the former coal camp town still has an active community, politically, it was defunct. No one had been running the town for years. With no one to oversee the dispensation of municipal […]

By Katie Myers

Jul 24

Democracy & Civic Life

A storied Kentucky town ‘dissolves’, others may follow

Katie Myers