Apr 27 Agriculture 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 Agriculture One Worker Dead, More Than 200 Infected As Coronavirus Hits KY Meatpackers Liam Niemeyer
Apr 23 Agriculture 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 Agriculture Kentucky Meatpacking Plants New Coronavirus Hotspots With Dozens Of Cases Liam Niemeyer
Apr 23 Economy Ohio Valley Still Processing Significant Unemployment Claims Unemployment insurance claims are still reaching unprecedented levels across the Ohio Valley region. Nearly 260,000 people in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia joined those seeking help during the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. That surge in claims is in addition to the more than one million unemployment assistance applications people in the Ohio […] By Becca Schimmel Apr 23 Economy Ohio Valley Still Processing Significant Unemployment Claims Becca Schimmel
Apr 22 Agriculture 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 Agriculture 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 17 Agriculture Demand Soars At Food Banks While Farmers Have Too Much Food Food banks and pantries across the Ohio Valley are seeing spiked demand as an unprecedented surge of people continue to file for unemployment benefits, with food banks facing weeks long delays to get certain products. Meanwhile, some farmers are facing a financial crisis, sitting on excess food they can’t sell — food that could be […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 17 Agriculture Demand Soars At Food Banks While Farmers Have Too Much Food Liam Niemeyer
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 16 Uncategorized A Pandemic Voter Guide For Ohio’s 2020 Primary Ohio’s primary was moved to April 28 from its original date on March 17. The most important thing to remember about the date of Ohio’s rescheduled primary is April 27 — the day before the actual election date. That’s because most residents will be voting by mail, and those ballots must be postmarked by April […] By Kathy Lu Apr 16 Uncategorized A Pandemic Voter Guide For Ohio’s 2020 Primary Kathy Lu
Apr 16 Infrastructure Thousands Without Power Amid Freezing Temperatures and Social Distancing Thousands of people in eastern Kentucky and parts of West Virginia remain without power Thursday after strong winds downed power lines across multiple counties. The outages began Sunday and impacted 65,000 Kentuckians and 45,000 West Virginians. Most have had their power restored, but in Kentucky, American Electric Power reports some 15,000 are still in the […] By Sydney Boles Apr 16 Infrastructure Thousands Without Power Amid Freezing Temperatures and Social Distancing Sydney Boles