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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 granted a motion last week to convert the bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7. That means that instead of exiting bankruptcy as a new company with less debt, […]

By Sydney Boles

Dec 2

Economy

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

By Sydney Boles

Dec 1

Coronavirus

‘Deadliest Day’ Kentucky Hits Highest Number Of COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear hasn’t stopped pleading with the public to stay home, wear face coverings and do whatever it takes to slow the spread of the coronavirus as the state marked its deadliest day yet in the pandemic. On Tuesday, Beshear announced a record high 4,151 new cases of COVID-19 and the deaths of […]

By Corinne Boyer

Dec 1

Coronavirus

‘Deadliest Day’ Kentucky Hits Highest Number Of COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

Corinne Boyer

Nov 26

Coronavirus

Sicker Staff, Fewer Beds For Rural Hospitals As COVID-19 Spreads Through Ohio Valley

Dr. Kirk Tucker, chief clinical officer of Adena Health Systems in Chillicothe, Ohio, said a week before Thanksgiving that the health system’s three hospitals in southern Ohio were bombarded with coronavirus patients. But it isn’t just the patients testing positive. The virus has also sickened 65 of his fellow caregivers. Recently, Tucker said, a doctor […]

By Corinne Boyer

Nov 26

Coronavirus

Sicker Staff, Fewer Beds For Rural Hospitals As COVID-19 Spreads Through Ohio Valley

Corinne Boyer

Nov 24

Coronavirus

Kentucky Hospitals Adjust Services To Make Room For COVID-19 Patients

Kentucky’s surge in coronavirus cases has caused some hospitals to reduce other health care services to accommodate the growing number of COVID-19 patients. Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,690 new positive coronavirus cases Tuesday and 1,658 COVID-19 hospitalizations — a sharp increase over the past two weeks. Gov. Beshear said hospitals have already adjusted services to […]

By Corinne Boyer

Nov 24

Coronavirus

Kentucky Hospitals Adjust Services To Make Room For COVID-19 Patients

Corinne Boyer

Nov 24

Health

“Diseases Of Despair” Deaths Drop Slightly But Still Higher In Appalachia Than U.S.

New research shows that deaths due to the mix of substance abuse and suicides known as “diseases of despair” declined slightly in 2018. But the mortality rates throughout the Ohio Valley and Appalachian region are still higher than the national average. A report from the Appalachian Regional Commission found that overall mortality rates from diseases […]

By Alana Watson

Nov 24

Health

“Diseases Of Despair” Deaths Drop Slightly But Still Higher In Appalachia Than U.S.

Alana Watson

Nov 23

Health

Lawmakers, Union Urge Mine Safety Regulators to Act on Silica Dust

A group of Ohio Valley senators says a watchdog agency’s recent report shows that federal regulators must do more to protect coal miners from silica dust, an especially toxic form of dust created when mining equipment cuts into rock layers near coal seams. In a Monday morning press release, six Democratic senators, including Joe Manchin […]

By Sydney Boles

Nov 23

Health

Lawmakers, Union Urge Mine Safety Regulators to Act on Silica Dust

Sydney Boles

Nov 20

Coronavirus

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

Coronavirus

Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End

Sydney Boles

Nov 20

Agriculture

Study Links Increased COVID-19 Transmission To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster

A study published Thursday in a prestigious scientific journal links significant increases in COVID-19 transmission rates to meatpacking plants, especially those facilities that the federal government has allowed to speed up processing lines. Researchers found evidence that linked meatpacking plants to a “high potential for community spread” in the surrounding areas. The findings have implications […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Nov 20

Agriculture

Study Links Increased COVID-19 Transmission To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster

Liam Niemeyer

Nov 19

Democracy & Civic Life

Ohio Valley Divide: Vote Analysis Shows Bluer Cities, Deeper Red Rural Places

President-elect Joe Biden received a bigger turnout in the Ohio Valley in 2020 than Hillary Clinton did in 2016. So did his opponent Donald Trump. In an election that saw historic levels of voting nationwide, Democrat Biden added 3.2% to Clinton’s 2016 vote share in the Ohio Valley while Republican Trump improved 2.4% on his […]

By Suhail Bhat

Nov 19

Democracy & Civic Life

Ohio Valley Divide: Vote Analysis Shows Bluer Cities, Deeper Red Rural Places

Suhail Bhat

Nov 16

Coronavirus

New Restrictions On Kentucky Long-Term Care Facilities To Combat Coronavirus

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, Kentucky will restrict visits to long-term care facilities because of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Of Kentucky’s 120 counties, 103 are now in the “Red Zone” of critical spread, with more than 25 cases per 100,000 people. Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander said long-term care […]

By Corinne Boyer

Nov 16

Coronavirus

New Restrictions On Kentucky Long-Term Care Facilities To Combat Coronavirus

Corinne Boyer