Economy Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Dec 30

Economy

COVID Relief Is Coming To The Ohio Valley. But As Hunger Persists, Did It Arrive Too Late?

He asked her if she was cold. A wind whips around the park in western Kentucky a couple days before Christmas. He puts his arm around her as they move closer together on the bench. Blake Livesay, 27, met Laura Brooke, 31, online earlier in 2020, and they’ve been inseparable since. She liked his way […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Dec 30

Economy

COVID Relief Is Coming To The Ohio Valley. But As Hunger Persists, Did It Arrive Too Late?

By Liam Niemeyer

Dec 23

Economy

‘Timely Help’: Barber Reflects On How The Pandemic Has Changed Business

The coronavirus relief bill under consideration in Washington would make more money available for small businesses hit hard by the pandemic. Hair stylists and barbers are among those struggling, including Black business owner Chad Stradwick in Wheeling, West Virginia. The Ohio Valley ReSource first spoke with Stradwick in May, just when he was reopening Stradwick’s […]

By Alana Watson

Dec 23

Economy

‘Timely Help’: Barber Reflects On How The Pandemic Has Changed Business

Alana Watson

Dec 18

Economy

Adopt A Server: Patrons Help Ohio Valley Restaurant Workers Weather Pandemic Holidays

Stay-at-home mom Sarci Eldridge has a big heart. So when Kentucky entered its second round of restaurant restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, her first thought was for her favorite server, Jessica Carey. “Me and my mom were talking, and we were just like, you know, we should just get Jessica something to get her […]

By Sydney Boles

Dec 18

Economy

Adopt A Server: Patrons Help Ohio Valley Restaurant Workers Weather Pandemic Holidays

Sydney Boles

Dec 18

Economy

Report Shows Personal Income Declined Sharply In Ohio Valley Between July And September

A new federal report shows that West Virginia and Kentucky saw the country’s sharpest declines in personal income last quarter as some forms of federal support during the pandemic expired. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis says personal income decreased in every state in the third quarter of 2020, which includes the months of July, […]

By Alana Watson

Dec 18

Economy

Report Shows Personal Income Declined Sharply In Ohio Valley Between July And September

Alana Watson

Dec 14

Economy

Blackjewel Coal Alleges ‘Intentional, Willful’ Self-Dealing By Former CEO

Allegations of financial misconduct by Blackjewel’s former CEO have surrounded the company’s bankruptcy case since it began last July. But a December 10 court filing lays out specific allegations against ousted CEO Jeff Hoops: webs of shell companies and secret royalty schemes that allegedly enriched Hoops at the expense of coal miners, the environment, and […]

By Sydney Boles

Dec 14

Economy

Blackjewel Coal Alleges ‘Intentional, Willful’ Self-Dealing By Former CEO

Sydney Boles

Dec 2

Economy

Blackjewel Coal Moves To Liquidate, Leaving Millions Unpaid To Workers And Regulators

The convoluted bankruptcy of coal company Blackjewel has hit another turn of events as the company’s former CEO moved to liquidate the company. A federal judge is considering a motion submitted last week to convert the bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7. That would mean that instead of exiting bankruptcy as a new company […]

By Sydney Boles

Dec 2

Economy

Blackjewel Coal Moves To Liquidate, Leaving Millions Unpaid To Workers And Regulators

Sydney Boles

Nov 20

Economy

Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End

With hundreds of thousands across the Ohio Valley struggling to make ends meet, a suite of coronavirus aid packages, including rent and utility relief funding, eviction moratoriums, and expanded unemployment benefits, is set to expire at the end of December. The consequences could be far-reaching. Poverty rates have soared as some federal programs, including the […]

By Sydney Boles

Nov 20

Economy

Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End

Sydney Boles

Oct 30

Economy

The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?

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 walk 400 miles if […]

By Suhail Bhat , Sydney Boles , , Alana Watson and Jeff Young

Oct 30

Economy

The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?

Suhail Bhat, Sydney Boles, , Alana Watson and Jeff Young

Oct 26

Economy

Eastern Ky. Agritech Company To Build Third Regional Greenhouse

An eastern Kentucky agritech company is breaking ground on a third greenhouse in the region after cutting the ribbon on one greenhouse and breaking ground on another last week. AppHarvest said Monday that the planned 15-acre facility in Berea will use recycled rainwater like the company’s other facilities. The company recently cut the ribbon on […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Oct 26

Economy

Eastern Ky. Agritech Company To Build Third Regional Greenhouse

Liam Niemeyer

Oct 21

Economy

Report Shows Ohio Jobs Potential In Coronavirus Recovery And Climate Change Action

A new report from an economic research group says Ohio could gain hundreds of thousands of jobs through investment in clean energy and other efforts to address climate change. The ReImagine Appalachia Coalition, a progressive policy group, asked economists to assess its blueprint for the region and what it could mean for employment opportunities in […]

By Alana Watson

Oct 21

Economy

Report Shows Ohio Jobs Potential In Coronavirus Recovery And Climate Change Action

Alana Watson