Mar 8 Economy Automation For The People? Ohio Valley At High Risk For Job Losses Amazon employee Andre Woodson made his way among yellow bins traveling through a vast warehouse filled with boxes and envelopes to be packed, sorted and shipped. In Amazon-speak, this is a “fulfillment center.” “Our Jeffersonville, Indiana, fulfillment center is about 1.2 million square feet, which is equivalent to about 28 football fields,” Woodson explained. About […] By Becca Schimmel Mar 8 Economy Automation For The People? Ohio Valley At High Risk For Job Losses Becca Schimmel
Feb 8 Agriculture Hemp’s Heyday: It’s Finally Legal. Now, Can Ohio Valley Farmers Cash In? Inside Winkin’ Sun Hemp Company in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, store owner Doug Flight tries to position himself in front of a camera crew. His experience with growing and selling hemp spans years. But memorizing lines for what he says could be the first hemp TV commercial in the state is another issue. “I know, […] By Liam Niemeyer Feb 8 Agriculture Hemp’s Heyday: It’s Finally Legal. Now, Can Ohio Valley Farmers Cash In? Liam Niemeyer
Dec 4 Energy & Environment Mine Workers Sue Federal Regulators Over Controversial Mine Safety Decision The United Mine Workers of America is suing the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA, after the agency reduced its heightened oversight of a West Virginia coal mine with a poor safety record. MSHA has the power to declare mines with a history of significant safety violations as having a “Pattern of Violations.” […] By Brittany Patterson and Becca Schimmel Dec 4 Energy & Environment Mine Workers Sue Federal Regulators Over Controversial Mine Safety Decision Brittany Patterson and Becca Schimmel
Oct 26 Health Healthy Debate: Ohio Valley Health Concerns Driving Competitive Midterm Races The political ads in the Ohio Valley are playing on what seems like a constant loop. That’s not unusual for election season. But what is unusual this year is how many ads focus on health care. Consider this one from Kentucky Republican Andy Barr, who’s facing a tough challenge in the 6th Congressional District from […] By Mary Meehan Oct 26 Health Healthy Debate: Ohio Valley Health Concerns Driving Competitive Midterm Races Mary Meehan
Sep 28 Health Driving While Recovering: For Some Fighting Addiction, A Roadblock On The Path To Sobriety After decades of addiction to heroin and prescription opioids, Wendy Crites finally made a clean break. “For the first time in my life I just wanted to be off of it,” she said from her home in Ranson, West Virginia. “I hit rock bottom.” Last year the ReSource profiled Crites, a single mother getting by […] By Jeff Young Sep 28 Health Driving While Recovering: For Some Fighting Addiction, A Roadblock On The Path To Sobriety Jeff Young
Sep 21 Energy & Environment Safer Direction? Top Mine Regulator Addresses Concerns About Dust And Deaths In Coal As President Trump attempts to revive the struggling coal industry, the administration’s top regulator for mine safety used a recent lecture at West Virginia University to lay out his priorities for the agency charged with keeping miners safe. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health David Zatezalo outlined the Trump administration’s priorities for […] By Brittany Patterson Sep 21 Energy & Environment Safer Direction? Top Mine Regulator Addresses Concerns About Dust And Deaths In Coal Brittany Patterson
Feb 28 Health Help On Tap For Troubled Water System In Coal Country A water system in eastern Kentucky that was on the verge of collapse could soon get much needed improvements. Many Martin County, Kentucky, residents were without water for long periods this winter. The crisis drew attention amid a national discussion about infrastructure priorities, and put a spotlight on the sort of water woes that are […] By Benny Becker Feb 28 Health Help On Tap For Troubled Water System In Coal Country Benny Becker
Jan 24 Health In Wake Of School Shooting, A Look At How Kids Get Guns Heather Adams sat in a line of cars along Kentucky Route 95, cars filled with parents who had just received the call no parent wants to get: A shooting at her child’s school, Marshall County High in Benton, Kentucky. Two 15-year-old students were killed and another 18 injured. Adams was waiting anxiously to pick up […] By Nicole Erwin and Jeff Young Jan 24 Health In Wake Of School Shooting, A Look At How Kids Get Guns Nicole Erwin and Jeff Young
Sep 15 Health The Big Latch: Rising Breast-feeding Rates Could Boost Region’s Health Edwin Hall is dressed in a footed onsie covered in the pastel shades of monkeys and hippos. Although Edwin’s just seven weeks old he already tells his mom when he’s hungry with a sharp and persistent yelp. Soon after he gets her attention, Edwin is practicing his sucking technique. His mom, Sarah, with the dazed […] By Mary Meehan Sep 15 Health The Big Latch: Rising Breast-feeding Rates Could Boost Region’s Health Mary Meehan
Jul 21 Health Healthy Debate: What The Republican Health Bill Taught Us About Medicaid As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a region where many depend on the law for access to care. This occasional series from the ReSource explores what’s ahead for the Ohio Valley after Obamacare. See more stories here >> […] By Mary Meehan , Aaron Payne and Jeff Young Jul 21 Health Healthy Debate: What The Republican Health Bill Taught Us About Medicaid Mary Meehan, Aaron Payne and Jeff Young