Sep 17 Democracy & Civic Life What Do You Need To Know About Voting In Election 2020? In this year like no other, Election 2020 will be unlike other elections. The coronavirus pandemic makes some of the usual in-person voting a potential health hazard. Election officials have had to create new ways to safely and fairly conduct elections. And the hyper-partisan political atmosphere can make it harder to get accurate information about […] By Staff Sep 17 Democracy & Civic Life What Do You Need To Know About Voting In Election 2020? Staff
Sep 14 Health White House Task Force Doctor Stops In Lexington To Discuss College Coronavirus Cases White House-appointed Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx visited the Lexington campus of the University of Kentucky on Monday as concerns grow over an escalating number of positive cases on campuses around the region. Dr. Birx met with students, faculty and administrators on the UK campus, which has more than 400 active COVID-19 cases, 86 […] By Corinne Boyer Sep 14 Health White House Task Force Doctor Stops In Lexington To Discuss College Coronavirus Cases Corinne Boyer
Sep 4 Economy College Towns Feel Financial Impact Of Pandemic The first day of classes at Ohio University is subdued this year. A few students walk across the Athens, Ohio, campus wearing masks. A group sits, socially distanced, on blankets on the green. The university opted to bring back roughly 2,000 students to campus for the first weeks of the semester due to coronavirus concerns. […] By Aaron Payne Sep 4 Economy College Towns Feel Financial Impact Of Pandemic Aaron Payne
Aug 27 Health A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens Tina Ryan knows the hallways of East Calloway Elementary better than most. Besides working as a school nurse here for 20 years, Ryan, who is 55, was also a student here herself. “I’m probably one of the older ones here as far as staff and things. Or maybe the oldest one here,” she said with […] By Liam Niemeyer Aug 27 Health A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens Liam Niemeyer
Aug 21 Health Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More to Protect Coal Miners from COVID-19, Letter Says The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them vulnerable to the coronavirus. That’s according to an August 14 letter from Department of Labor Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Wheeler to West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. MSHA can issue emergency temporary standards […] By Sydney Boles Aug 21 Health Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More to Protect Coal Miners from COVID-19, Letter Says Sydney Boles
Aug 18 Democracy & Civic Life McConnell Talks Stimulus, Postal Service Funding On KY Stop Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he’s open to calling the Senate back to Washington if Democrats are willing to budge on another round of coronavirus stimulus spending. Speaking in Hazard, the Kentucky Republican said all parties agree an additional stimulus package is needed; his disagreement with the Democratic leadership is on how much […] By Sydney Boles Aug 18 Democracy & Civic Life McConnell Talks Stimulus, Postal Service Funding On KY Stop Sydney Boles
Aug 14 Uncategorized Student Journalists Document The Pandemic in Appalachia “Hello,” the call began. “This is a prepaid debit call from an inmate at the Virginia Department of Corrections.” Madison Buchanan, a 19-year-old college student, pressed 0 to accept the call and was connected to Jacob Alan Shouse, Offender Number 1101441. “I want to thank you so much for helping me out with this,” Buchanan […] By Sydney Boles Aug 14 Uncategorized Student Journalists Document The Pandemic in Appalachia Sydney Boles
Aug 5 Agriculture Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster Amid COVID-19 Outbreaks Among Workers Tyson Foods sought and received federal permission to increase the operating speed at poultry processing plants in Kentucky and southern Indiana even as public health officials reported dozens of coronavirus cases among Tyson workers. Now, a union representing workers at meatpacking plants in Kentucky and southern Indiana is one of several plaintiffs suing the federal […] By Liam Niemeyer Aug 5 Agriculture Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster Amid COVID-19 Outbreaks Among Workers Liam Niemeyer
Jul 31 Economy Kentucky Homeless Services Systems Can’t Handle The Coming “Tsunami of Evictions,” Advocates Warn Nearly 1 million renter households across the Ohio Valley are unable to pay rent and at risk of eviction, according to research firm Stout. That amounts to 42 percent of renter households in Kentucky, 46 percent in Ohio and 47 percent in West Virginia. “The homeless services system is not designed to handle a tsunami […] By Sydney Boles Jul 31 Economy Kentucky Homeless Services Systems Can’t Handle The Coming “Tsunami of Evictions,” Advocates Warn Sydney Boles
Jul 28 Energy & Environment Mine Safety Agency Should Do More to Protect Coal Miners in the Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect coal miners during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from an oversight agency released Tuesday. Through interviews with MSHA officials and union representatives, as well as reviews of state and national policies, the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General […] By Sydney Boles Jul 28 Energy & Environment Mine Safety Agency Should Do More to Protect Coal Miners in the Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds Sydney Boles