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
Mar 30 Health Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange Greg Lee, Kentucky’s HIV/AIDS educator, starts the town hall on a somber note. “How many people in this room know someone who has died of an overdose death?” It is a standing-room only crowd. Most hands go up. “Amazing,” he says, sadly. The meeting is at the Bourbon County Public Health Department, just next to […] By Mary Meehan Mar 30 Health Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange Mary Meehan
Apr 25 Health Health Care Journalists Cite ReSource Work On Rural Health, ACA The Association of Health Care Journalists singled out the Ohio Valley ReSource for “some fine multimedia work on rural health and Affordable Care Act” changes. The ReSource’s recent series on what changes to the ACA might mean for the Ohio Valley region provided “a nice mix of narrative and policy,” according to AHJC’s Joanne Kenen […] By Jeff Young Apr 25 Health Health Care Journalists Cite ReSource Work On Rural Health, ACA Jeff Young
Feb 24 Economy After Obamacare: Rural Health Providers Nervous About Affordable Care Act Repeal 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 Feb 24 Economy After Obamacare: Rural Health Providers Nervous About Affordable Care Act Repeal Mary Meehan
Oct 21 Energy & Environment Eastern Kentuckians face paperwork, hurdles as they rebuild flooded homes People clutching folders full of paper flitted in and out of the FEMA disaster recovery center in Whitesburg, Kentucky last month. Some of them looked worried, or angry. Officials announced, without warning, that people rebuilding or repairing homes after the flood will have to apply for floodplain construction permits–complying with a 20-year-old ordinance that had […] By Katie Myers Oct 21 Energy & Environment Eastern Kentuckians face hurdles rebuilding after flood Katie Myers
Aug 26 Energy & Environment Heavy rain, steep slopes and climate change contributed to catastrophic eastern Ky. floods Gwen Christon had never seen the small creek behind her IGA grocery store in Isom, Ky. flood before. But during the historic flood that went on to kill 39 people and devastate eastern Kentucky, that little creek engulfed the narrow valley with six feet of water; swallowing up the highway, Christon’s grocery store, and practically […] By Ryan VanVelzer Aug 26 Energy & Environment Steep slopes, climate change and eastern Ky. floods Ryan VanVelzer
Jul 24 Democracy & Civic Life A storied Kentucky town ‘dissolves’, others may follow The mayor of Blackey stepped down years ago. The city council dwindled down to nothing. No one stepped up to replace them. Though the former coal camp town still has an active community, politically, it was defunct. No one had been running the town for years. With no one to oversee the dispensation of municipal […] By Katie Myers Jul 24 Democracy & Civic Life A storied Kentucky town ‘dissolves’, others may follow Katie Myers
Jun 14 Health Regional hospitals are dealing with a teen mental health crisis It’s not uncommon for kids to show up to Marietta Memorial Hospital’s emergency room for mental health help. Linda Sistrunk, a social worker and director of behavioral health at the hospital in southeastern Ohio, says that’s a big difference from 20 years ago. “Our ER systems are now being utilized as a community mental health […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 14 Health Regional hospitals are dealing with a teen mental health crisis Corinne Boyer
Apr 25 Economy A new kind of ‘mining’ has arrived in the Ohio Valley. What will crypto mean for the region? Open the door of Blockware Mining’s data center in Paducah, Kentucky, and you’re met by a wall of sound. More than 5,000 machines are whirring away as they solve complex math problems, while large industrial fans keep them cool. The expansive warehouse stretches a little more than a football field. “You don’t truly get an […] By Liam Niemeyer and Katie Myers Apr 25 Economy A new kind of ‘mining’ has arrived in the Ohio Valley. What will crypto mean for the region? Liam Niemeyer and Katie Myers
Mar 28 Democracy & Civic Life Ohio joins states with no concealed carry license requirement Every year at tax time, Mike Linscott knows that business is soon to pick up at River’s Edge Outfitters, his family-run firearm and archery supply store in Canaanville, Ohio. This year there’s a larger increase than usual, which he says could be due in part to a recently signed state law allowing people to carry […] By Kaitlin Thorne Mar 28 Democracy & Civic Life Ohio joins states with no concealed carry license requirement Kaitlin Thorne