News - Ohio Valley ReSource

Jan 21

Agriculture

Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned

Ohio Valley farmers planted more than 27,000 acres of hemp last year — about four times more than in 2018 — to cash in on a booming market for popular CBD products made from the crop. Yet with that growing boom, the price of CBD-rich hemp has crashed, dropping more than 75 percent in just […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Jan 21

Agriculture

Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned

By Liam Niemeyer

Jan 17

Economy

Grocers In Rural Coal Country Struggle To Stay In Business

There’s a picture frame on the wall next to the customer service desk in the IGA in Inez, Kentucky. Inside the frame is a scrap of beige meat-counter paper, on which a man named Derle Ousley sketched the layout for an ad announcing the opening of his very first grocery store. “Inez Supermarket Grand Opening,” […]

By Sydney Boles

Jan 17

Economy

Grocers In Rural Coal Country Struggle To Stay In Business

Sydney Boles

Jan 14

Agriculture

Ohio Valley Farmers Cautiously Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade Deal

The Trump administration is set to sign a deal Wednesday with Chinese trade officials for what they call “Phase One” of a trade agreement after almost two years of false starts and costly, retaliatory tariffs. Ohio Valley farmers are cautiously optimistic the truce will be a turning point, but some are skeptical about the details […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Jan 14

Agriculture

Ohio Valley Farmers Cautiously Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade Deal

Liam Niemeyer

Jan 14

Economy

More Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage A Coal Train Blockade

For the second time since summer, eastern Kentucky coal miners are blockading a railroad track to protest unpaid wages. The new blockade, which was started Monday afternoon by Quest Energy miners, echoes the months-long blockade by Blackjewel coal miners over the summer and speaks to a growing discontent in Appalachian coal country. “It’s hard to go […]

By Sydney Boles

Jan 14

Economy

More Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage A Coal Train Blockade

Sydney Boles

Jan 10

Economy

Ohio Valley Outlook: Expect A Slower Regional Economy In 2020

The Ohio Valley’s economy could see slower growth in 2020 amid continued anxiety about trade, and possible downturns in both energy and manufacturing, according to analyses and forecasts by regional economists. Michael Hicks directs the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University in Indiana where he forecasts the health of the manufacturing […]

By Becca Schimmel

Jan 10

Economy

Ohio Valley Outlook: Expect A Slower Regional Economy In 2020

Becca Schimmel

Jan 9

Economy

Rural Americans Increasingly Concerned About Opioid Addiction, Study Finds

Researchers at Harvard University and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that rural Americans identified drug addiction and economic concerns as the most serious problems facing their communities. The open-ended survey of 2700 rural adults aimed to identify the major concerns of rural voters, and found that 25 percent of rural Americans said drug addiction was […]

By Sydney Boles

Jan 9

Economy

Rural Americans Increasingly Concerned About Opioid Addiction, Study Finds

Sydney Boles

Jan 7

Energy & Environment

Study Finds Coal Closures Saved Thousands Of Lives

A new study finds the closure of coal-fired power plants and transition to natural gas generation across the United States over a decade saved an estimated 26,610 lives due to a reduction in air pollution, with about a fifth of those avoided deaths in the Ohio Valley. The coal-rich Ohio Valley states received out-sized health […]

By Brittany Patterson

Jan 7

Energy & Environment

Study Finds Coal Closures Saved Thousands Of Lives

Brittany Patterson

Jan 3

Uncategorized

Regional Reaction To Iran: Ohio Valley Lawmakers Split On U.S. Killing Of Iranian Commander

Congressional members around the Ohio Valley offered mixed reactions to the U.S. airstrike that killed one of Iran’s top military officers and pushed the two countries closer to war. Most statements from regional lawmakers pointed to Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani’s record of orchestrating violent attacks on U.S. personnel, and many Republicans praised President Donald Trump […]

By Jeff Young

Jan 3

Uncategorized

Regional Reaction To Iran: Ohio Valley Lawmakers Split On U.S. Killing Of Iranian Commander

Jeff Young

Dec 31

Economy

2020 Hindsight: The Ohio Valley’s Decade In Data

The year: 2009. A Senator from Illinois named Barack Obama has just made history upon taking the presidential oath of office. The national economy is at a low point in the Great Recession. And the Pittsburgh Steelers are the first NFL team to win six Super Bowls. Ten years later, as 2019 gives way to […]

By Becca Schimmel

Dec 31

Economy

2020 Hindsight: The Ohio Valley’s Decade In Data

Becca Schimmel

Dec 20

Health

Innovating Recovery: Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis

After years of leading the nation in overdose death rates, Ohio Valley communities are looking for new ways to deal with the addiction crisis. A national nonprofit organization promotes and partners with programs that do just that. The Addiction Policy Forum celebrated new ideas at events in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia to honor programs […]

By Aaron Payne

Dec 20

Health

Innovating Recovery: Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis

Aaron Payne