May 5 Health West Virginia Small Businesses Face Tough Decisions As State Reopens West Virginia is among the states beginning to loosen restrictions meant to reduce the spread of coronavirus, allowing for some non-essential businesses to reopen beginning this week. On Monday, May 4, West Virginia entered the second week of Gov. Jim Justice’s six-week reopening plan, which he calls “the comeback.” During week two, businesses with fewer […] By Brittany Patterson May 5 Health West Virginia Small Businesses Face Tough Decisions As State Reopens Brittany Patterson
May 4 Health Coal and COVID-19: Lung Impairment Makes Miners Especially Vulnerable To Coronavirus Underground coal miners start their shifts getting changed in closely packed changing rooms. They ride rail cars to their worksite, shoulder-to-shoulder, sometimes for more than an hour. And once they’re underground, ventilation designed to tamp down coal dust blows air through the mine. All that makes a coal mine the kind of place where the […] By Sydney Boles May 4 Health Coal and COVID-19: Lung Impairment Makes Miners Especially Vulnerable To Coronavirus Sydney Boles
Apr 27 Health One Worker Dead, More Than 200 Infected As Coronavirus Hits KY Meatpackers The Kentucky Department for Public Health has confirmed 220 employees at meatpacking plants across Kentucky have tested positive for the coronavirus, with one employee death related to the virus in Louisville. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services spokeswoman Susan Dunlap in an email Monday afternoon said the Beshear administration is aware of cases and […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 27 Health One Worker Dead, More Than 200 Infected As Coronavirus Hits KY Meatpackers Liam Niemeyer
Apr 23 Health Kentucky Meatpacking Plants New Coronavirus Hotspots With Dozens Of Cases Dozens of coronavirus cases have been confirmed at two west Kentucky meatpacking plants, following concerns Ohio Valley worker safety advocates have raised about the spread of the coronavirus in these kind of facilities. Green River District Health Department Director Clay Horton said as of Thursday afternoon at least 62 people associated with a Tyson Foods […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 23 Health Kentucky Meatpacking Plants New Coronavirus Hotspots With Dozens Of Cases Liam Niemeyer
Apr 22 Health Online SNAP Program Could Increase Food Accessibility In Ohio Valley Kentucky and West Virginia have recently been added to a federal pilot program to allow food stamp recipients to purchase groceries online, and Ohio Valley anti-hunger advocates say it’s a good move to improve food accessibility amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pilot program lets those receiving food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 22 Health Online SNAP Program Could Increase Food Accessibility In Ohio Valley Liam Niemeyer
Apr 20 Health Kentucky, Ohio To Keep Schools Closed Through Spring To Avoid Coronavirus Spread The governors of Kentucky and Ohio announced Monday that K-12 schools will remain closed and instruction will continue remotely for the remainder of this school year. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said during his daily press conference Monday that the state appears to have flattened the curve of COVID-19 cases. But the virus remains and sending […] By Staff Apr 20 Health Kentucky, Ohio To Keep Schools Closed Through Spring To Avoid Coronavirus Spread Staff
Apr 16 Health The Pandemic Primary: How Will We Vote In The Age Of Coronavirus? With concerns mounting about how to conduct elections during a pandemic, states across the Ohio Valley are postponing their primary election dates and, in some cases, expanding access to voting by mail in order to allow people to cast ballots safely. But the implementation of last-minute changes is straining politics and the capacity of local […] By Sydney Boles Apr 16 Health The Pandemic Primary: How Will We Vote In The Age Of Coronavirus? Sydney Boles
Apr 14 Health Coronavirus Takes A Terrible Toll On Ohio Valley Nursing Homes The coronavirus is taking a terrible toll on nursing homes in the Ohio Valley. Well over a thousand residents and staff at nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia have tested positive for coronavirus, and dozens have died from COVID-19. Residents in these facilities are already more vulnerable, and in […] By Becca Schimmel Apr 14 Health Coronavirus Takes A Terrible Toll On Ohio Valley Nursing Homes Becca Schimmel
Apr 10 Health Religious Leaders Adapt Holy Week, Passover Traditions To Pandemic Pathway Baptist Church in west Kentucky is trying something a bit different from their usual service. Pastor Mike Donald, standing on a makeshift stage in front of a giant outdoor movie screen, is surrounded by congregation members in cars, honking enthusiastically on just about his every word. It’s Sunday service, but at a drive-in movie […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 10 Health Religious Leaders Adapt Holy Week, Passover Traditions To Pandemic Liam Niemeyer