Aug 4 Health Data Fix: Cities Seek Better Information On Opioid Epidemic Paramedics and police are already in the hotel room when Kyle Simpson walks in. “What happened?” he asks. A 37-year-old man in the room is barely conscious–just revived by the overdose reversal medication NARCAN. Law enforcement officers survey the scene. They’ve found more heroin “rocks” on a table. One officer interviews a crying woman who […] By Aaron Payne Aug 4 Health Data Fix: Cities Seek Better Information On Opioid Epidemic Aaron Payne
Nov 8 Uncategorized Regional Race Update: Coal Motivates Region’s Voters Key races across Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia went to candidates who showed strong support for coal. Coal operator and billionaire Jim Justice won the governor’s race in West Virginia, one of the few Democrats to prevail in the region’s statewide races. Justice got the United Mine Workers endorsement despite his failure to pay […] By Jeff Young Nov 8 Uncategorized Regional Race Update: Coal Motivates Region’s Voters Jeff Young
Nov 7 Resource Shift Election Day ReSource: Key Campaign Issues For The Ohio Valley Campaign rhetoric (and a lot of political coverage) too often features more heat than light. The Ohio Valley ReSource put the spotlight on some of the important election issues for our region with these stories on coal’s collapse, trade’s effects, the addiction crisis, and more. The Addiction Battle and the Ballot The region’s opioid drug […] By Jeff Young Nov 7 Resource Shift Election Day ReSource: Key Campaign Issues For The Ohio Valley Jeff Young
Nov 4 Health Addiction Battle On The Ballot: Opioid Epidemic A Potent Campaign Issue The opioid epidemic is on the agenda for political campaigns from the presidential race down to the local level in the Ohio Valley region. Election Day could shape the response to the crisis in states with some of the nation’s highest rates of addiction and overdoses. Pat Fogarty, Director of Business Development and Mission Advancement […] By Aaron Payne Nov 4 Health Addiction Battle On The Ballot: Opioid Epidemic A Potent Campaign Issue Aaron Payne
Jun 4 Economy Evictions At A Kentucky Trailer Park Highlight Ohio Valley’s Lack Of Affordable Housing Jimmy McRoberts knew the North Fork Mobile Home Park was teeming with animals. Some residents, like local grandmother Penny Gozzard, had two or three beloved cats they kept a close eye on; others let their pets roam around and mingle with the neighborhood kids who played around their families’ trailers. So when McRoberts’ entire trailer […] By Katie Myers and Liam Niemeyer Jun 4 Economy Evictions At A Kentucky Trailer Park Highlight Ohio Valley’s Lack Of Affordable Housing Katie Myers and Liam Niemeyer
Dec 11 Democracy & Civic Life A Blackface Photo Resurfaces, And A Kentucky Town Confronts Its Racial Trauma Holiday light displays are spread out across Bob Noble park in Paducah, Kentucky, lighting up the barren trees at night for the community to drive by. The park has long been a gathering place for the small city, with performances at an amphitheater and swimming during the summer. Shirley Massie, 76, sits at one the […] By Liam Niemeyer Dec 11 Democracy & Civic Life A Blackface Photo Resurfaces, And A Kentucky Town Confronts Its Racial Trauma Liam Niemeyer
Aug 28 Democracy & Civic Life “False Hope” or Four More Years? Ohio Valley Stakeholders Reflect On Trump Energy Policy In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump was all-in on the fossil fuel industry. In a 2016 rally in Charleston, West Virginia, the candidate proudly accepted an endorsement from that state’s coal association, donning a hardhat while he mimed digging coal. To thundering applause, he promised to bring back coal jobs to the struggling Appalachian coalfields. Four […] By Sydney Boles Aug 28 Democracy & Civic Life “False Hope” or Four More Years? Ohio Valley Stakeholders Reflect On Trump Energy Policy Sydney Boles
Dec 4 Energy & Environment Tracing Water, Memory and Change Through Black Experiences Along and Near Route 65 I live right above the Ohio River, off of a thoroughfare called the Ohio River Boulevard. It is one section of Route 65 – a 51-mile stretch of highway that travels from downtown Pittsburgh, northwest to the city of New Castle. The route spans three counties, three major rivers and several neighborhoods, boroughs, towns and […] By Njaimeh Njie Dec 4 Energy & Environment Tracing Water, Memory and Change Through Black Experiences Along and Near Route 65 Njaimeh Njie
Jul 29 Economy The Prison Builder’s Dilemma: Economics And Ethics Clash In Eastern Kentucky You are Letcher County, Kentucky. You are rural, mountainous, and in the heart of the central Appalachian coalfields. Your economy is not in good shape. Fox News has called your largest town “the poster child for the war on coal.” You are offered funds to build a new federal prison. It could bring jobs but […] By Benny Becker Jul 29 Economy The Prison Builder’s Dilemma: Economics And Ethics Clash In Eastern Kentucky Benny Becker