Feb 19 Economy Kentucky Project’s Demise Linked to International Fallout From Journalist’s Murder When battery manufacturer EnerBlu announced it would suspend plans for a new factory in Pikeville, Kentucky, the company used an intriguing phrase. “Unexpected geopolitical factors,” the company said, had soured the deal. According to a former executive at the company, those factors tied the rural eastern Kentucky development project to one of the world’s […] By Sydney Boles Feb 19 Economy Kentucky Project’s Demise Linked to International Fallout From Journalist’s Murder Sydney Boles
Feb 15 Health As Opioid Crisis Affects A New Generation, Experts Study Long-Term Effects Of Prenatal Exposure Sue Meeks has worked with children for years as a registered nurse. Meeks manages the family navigator program at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. Several years ago, she started noticing three and four-year-olds coming into the program with certain distinctive behaviors. “Children that appear to be neurologically very overstimulated,” she […] By Aaron Payne Feb 15 Health As Opioid Crisis Affects A New Generation, Experts Study Long-Term Effects Of Prenatal Exposure Aaron Payne
Feb 11 Health Health Experts Say Poor Practice By Company Likely Source Of Vaccination Infections Infectious disease experts say poor practices in vaccine delivery are the likely cause of infections reported by some people who received vaccine shots at their places of employment in the Ohio Valley. Kentucky health officials are investigating a link between the infections and a private Kentucky company hired to deliver vaccinations in the workplace. Location […] By Mary Meehan Feb 11 Health Health Experts Say Poor Practice By Company Likely Source Of Vaccination Infections Mary Meehan
Feb 1 Economy Coal Comeback? Coal At New Low After Two Years Under Trump It’s been two years since President Donald Trump took office and began rolling back environmental regulations on the coal industry. At a November rally in Huntington, West Virginia, the president took credit for a coal comeback in front of a cheering crowd. “We’ve ended the war on beautiful, clean coal and we’re putting our coal […] By Brittany Patterson Feb 1 Economy Coal Comeback? Coal At New Low After Two Years Under Trump Brittany Patterson
Feb 1 Agriculture Farmers Still Dealing With Effects Of Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is over but some Ohio Valley farmers are still dealing with its effects as they try to sign up for federal relief payments and find ways to substitute for missing information caused by a delay in important government reports. The American Farm Bureau Federation said 62 reports were delayed during the shutdown. These […] By Liam Niemeyer Feb 1 Agriculture Farmers Still Dealing With Effects Of Government Shutdown Liam Niemeyer
Dec 14 Economy Census Data Show Some KY Counties Among Nation’s Poorest New data from the Census Bureau show eastern Kentucky is still struggling with poverty and lagging far behind national and state averages in terms of income. The Bureau’s latest American Community Survey shows Bell, Harlan and McCreary Counties have some of the lowest median household incomes in the United States. Of counties with 10,000 residents […] By Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik Dec 14 Economy Census Data Show Some KY Counties Among Nation’s Poorest Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik
Nov 13 Interactive Fatal Flaws: A Teenager Dies On The Job. His Family’s Work Begins A prosecutor thought Grant Oakley’s workplace death might be grounds for a homicide charge. He turned to the state investigation for proof, and was shocked and frustrated at what he saw. Read this story, part of the series Fatal Flaws, an investigation by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, the Ohio Valley ReSource, and The […] By Jeff Young Nov 13 Interactive Fatal Flaws: A Teenager Dies On The Job. His Family’s Work Begins Jeff Young
Jun 1 Economy Taking Flight: Coalfield Students Have High Hopes For Drone Industry Jobs Student teams from across the coalfields of eastern Kentucky came together at the Knott County Sportsplex, bringing with them drones that they themselves had built. It was time for the climax of this year-long project. A basketball court had been separated with nets, and padded gates marked a circuit course for the little flying machines. […] By Benny Becker Jun 1 Economy Taking Flight: Coalfield Students Have High Hopes For Drone Industry Jobs Benny Becker
Apr 6 Energy & Environment Radiologists Call For Repeal of Kentucky Black Lung Law The American College of Radiologists, a professional organization representing radiologists, is asking Kentucky to repeal a new law that changes how coal miners receive benefits for black lung disease. The law’s changes to Kentucky’s workers’ compensation system removed radiologists from the claims process, even though radiologists are specialists in reading in X-rays and are generally […] By Benny Becker Apr 6 Energy & Environment Radiologists Call For Repeal of Kentucky Black Lung Law Benny Becker
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