Jul 30 Economy Five Months Later, Eastern Kentuckians Are Still Coping with Fallout of Spring Flooding Early on a rainy March morning in Jackson, Kentucky, Yolanda Goff found herself abandoning her trailer on Quicksand Road forever. She didn’t think the floodwater would crest so high, but when she woke that morning, it was in the yard and rising fast. She had a few minutes to salvage everything she could, get her […] By Katie Myers and Corinne Boyer Jul 30 Economy Five Months Later, Eastern Kentuckians Are Still Coping with Fallout of Spring Flooding Katie Myers and Corinne Boyer
Jul 22 Economy Families receive sorely needed child tax credit payments The Robsons, like the vast majority of U.S. households with children, began receiving the Child Tax Credit last week – the latest part of the American Rescue Plan to be put into action. Jaclyn Robson says it was sorely needed. “I don’t want to have to work 60 hours a week just to make a […] By Kaitlin Thorne Jul 22 Economy Families receive sorely needed child tax credit payments Kaitlin Thorne
Jul 16 Economy Kentucky Regulators: West Virginia Coal Plant Should Close in 2028 Kentucky utility regulators reached a decision this week that could mean a northern West Virginia power plant will have to close years sooner than planned. The Kentucky Public Service Commission on Thursday rejected Kentucky Power’s request to perform environmental compliance work on the Mitchell Plant near Moundsville, West Virginia. Under federal rules, the coal-burning plant […] By Curtis Tate Jul 16 Economy Kentucky Regulators: West Virginia Coal Plant Should Close in 2028 Curtis Tate
Jul 5 Democracy & Civic Life Six Months After Capitol Riot, 46 From Ohio Valley Face Charges The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol left five people dead and caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage to the Capitol building. In the six months since then, federal authorities say, about 470 people have been arrested in nearly every state, including at least 46 people in the Ohio Valley. The Ohio Valley […] By Jeff Young and Suhail Bhat Jul 5 Democracy & Civic Life Six Months After Capitol Riot, 46 From Ohio Valley Face Charges Jeff Young and Suhail Bhat
Jul 2 Coronavirus Nearly Half A Million In Ohio Valley Lose Jobless Benefits An analysis by the Ohio Valley ReSource showed that roughly 488,000 people in Ohio and West Virginia have lost supplemental unemployment payments after Republican governors there scrapped the federal unemployment benefit programs put in place during the pandemic. Another 65,000 people in Kentucky eligible for the payments await a decision by the Democratic governor there […] By Suhail Bhat Jul 2 Coronavirus Nearly Half A Million In Ohio Valley Lose Jobless Benefits Suhail Bhat
Jun 30 Economy Kentucky’s AG Cameron on West Virginia Coal Plant: Close It Environmental and consumer groups have pushed for the early closure of a 50-year-old coal-fired power plant in West Virginia that serves electricity customers in both West Virginia and Kentucky. They have an unlikely ally: Kentucky’s Republican attorney general, Daniel Cameron. In a filing last week with the Kentucky Public Service Commission, Cameron recommended the commission […] By Curtis Tate Jun 30 Economy Kentucky’s AG Cameron on West Virginia Coal Plant: Close It Curtis Tate
Jun 24 Arts & Culture Appalachian Community Uses Theater To Reckon With Racism, COVID, And The Trauma Of 2020 George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, a cold and faraway place from the vantage point of Harlan County, Kentucky. But the energy of that long, hot summer reached a group of Harlan high schoolers, and soon enough, this small, rural town was in the midst of a national movement. The […] By Katie Myers Jun 24 Arts & Culture Appalachian Community Uses Theater To Reckon With Racism, COVID, And The Trauma Of 2020 Katie Myers
Jun 22 Energy & Environment Raised In A Coal Mining Family, Now Working On Biden’s Cleaner Energy Future Earlier this month, Brian Anderson welcomed some special guests to the Department of Energy research laboratory he leads in Morgantown, West Virginia. The state’s pivotal Democratic Senator, Joe Manchin, was visiting along with the country’s new Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm. The two saw demonstrations of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s work, much of which […] By Jeff Young Jun 22 Energy & Environment Raised In A Coal Mining Family, Now Working On Biden’s Cleaner Energy Future Jeff Young
Jun 18 Coronavirus Million-Dollar Question: Will Lotteries Boost Ohio Valley’s Lagging COVID Vaccination Rates? When the COVID-19 vaccine first became available, some states struggled to meet demand, including West Virginia. States administered nearly every dose in weekly shipments. But soon after eligibility expanded to everyone over 16, supplies started stacking up as vaccination rates declined. Governors across the Ohio Valley pleaded with residents to get vaccinated during weekly press […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 18 Coronavirus Million-Dollar Question: Will Lotteries Boost Ohio Valley’s Lagging COVID Vaccination Rates? Corinne Boyer