News - Ohio Valley ReSource

May 14

Infrastructure

With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again

In December, Kathy Fletcher, a lifelong Martin County, Kentucky, resident and mother, found her water was shut off. When it came back on, something was wrong with it. Fletcher remembers that after she showered, her skin and nails felt completely dried out. The water smelled acrid, like chemicals. For years, Fletcher has been frustrated by […]

By Katie Myers

May 14

Infrastructure

With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again

By Katie Myers

May 12

Coronavirus

Vaccines For Teens: Answers About The Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For The 12 to 15 Set

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel has recommended the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12. The decision follows the Food and Drug Administration’s extension of the vaccine’s emergency use authorization for children 12 to 15 years old on May 10. The Ohio Valley ReSource asked Vince Venditto, an […]

By Corinne Boyer

May 12

Coronavirus

Vaccines For Teens: Answers About The Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For The 12 to 15 Set

Corinne Boyer

May 10

Coronavirus

The FDA Has Approved Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine For Kids Ages 12 – 15. Here’s Where To Find One In Kentucky.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 may be given to children ages 12 to 15. Kentucky is preparing to make the vaccine available for children. Shortly before the FDA announced expanded use of the vaccine, Kentucky’s top public health official, Dr. Steven Stack, said studies showed that the […]

By Corinne Boyer

May 10

Coronavirus

The FDA Has Approved Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine For Kids Ages 12 – 15. Here’s Where To Find One In Kentucky.

Corinne Boyer

May 7

Coronavirus

Vaccinate U? Contrary To Health Advice, Most Area Schools Won’t Mandate COVID Vaccine

Roughly a million students attend college around the Ohio Valley, and the student-age population has an especially high rate of coronavirus infection. That’s why some public health advocates say schools should require that students be vaccinated. However, a review by the Ohio Valley ReSource found that of 400 colleges and universities in Kentucky, Ohio, and […]

By Corinne Boyer , Alana Watson and Suhail Bhat

May 7

Coronavirus

Vaccinate U? Contrary To Health Advice, Most Area Schools Won’t Mandate COVID Vaccine

Corinne Boyer, Alana Watson and Suhail Bhat

May 6

Impact

Ohio Valley ReSource Work Recognized With Regional Murrow Awards

Ohio Valley ReSource reporters and their colleagues at partner stations won two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, or RTDNA, which is the world’s largest professional organization devoted to broadcast and digital journalism. The winning stories focused on a Kentucky town in a moment of reckoning over its racist […]

By Staff

May 6

Impact

Ohio Valley ReSource Work Recognized With Regional Murrow Awards

Staff

May 3

Coronavirus

Vaccination Numbers Continue To Fall In Kentucky

The numbers of new COVID-19 cases remain relatively low in Kentucky, but as vaccination rates slow Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he is considering incentives to encourage people to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Beshear announced Monday 313 new cases of COVID-19 and 8 new deaths. The state’s positivity rate is 3.45%. COVID-19 vaccination rates continue […]

By Corinne Boyer

May 3

Coronavirus

Vaccination Numbers Continue To Fall In Kentucky

Corinne Boyer

Apr 30

Energy & Environment

Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley

St. Vincent’s Mission has been doing the work of feeding, clothing and sheltering the people of Floyd County, Kentucky, since 1968. “We believe that all persons have a God-ordained right to the basic needs of life in order to meet their full potential,” the mission states on its website. Recently, the mission looked for a […]

By Katie Myers and Curtis Tate

Apr 30

Energy & Environment

Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley

Katie Myers and Curtis Tate

Apr 26

Coronavirus

Kentucky’s Mask Mandate Won’t Be Required At Outdoor Events With Fewer Than 1,000 People

Beginning Tuesday, Kentucky’s mask mandate will no longer apply to outdoor events with fewer than 1,000 people. Gov. Andy Beshear said masks will still be required indoors at restaurants, grocery stores and workplaces. New cases of COVID-19 have decreased since last week. Beshear reported 213 new cases on Monday and 11 deaths. The positivity rate […]

By Corinne Boyer

Apr 26

Coronavirus

Kentucky’s Mask Mandate Won’t Be Required At Outdoor Events With Fewer Than 1,000 People

Corinne Boyer

Apr 26

Agriculture

Nutrition Program Summer Expansion Could Aid Nearly 2 Million Ohio Valley Children

The Biden administration announced Monday the expansion of a nutrition program, born amid the start of the pandemic, that could provide more food to nearly 2 million children throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia this summer. The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT, program started last March to provide money to low-income families whose children […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Apr 26

Agriculture

Nutrition Program Summer Expansion Could Aid Nearly 2 Million Ohio Valley Children

Liam Niemeyer

Apr 23

Energy & Environment

Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals

On Earth Day, President Joe Biden convened world leaders for a climate summit, where he laid out an ambitious goal for U.S. policy on climate change. “The United States sets out to cut our global warming emissions in half by the end of the decade,” Biden said. “That’s where we’re heading as a nation.” But […]

By Curtis Tate

Apr 23

Energy & Environment

Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals

Curtis Tate