Apr 3 Economy Coronavirus Straining Financial Resources Of Ohio Valley Hospitals As coronavirus cases continue to increase throughout the Ohio Valley, rural hospitals are preparing for a potential surge of COVID-19 patients. But as they do so, these hospitals face tough financial decisions, and some could close down altogether. Hospitals throughout the region have had to make brutal financial decisions the past two weeks. St. Claire […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 3 Economy Coronavirus Straining Financial Resources Of Ohio Valley Hospitals Liam Niemeyer
Mar 25 Health Ohio Valley Facing Pandemic With A Health System Hollowed Out By Hospital Closures As new cases of coronavirus mount in the Ohio Valley, health officials are bracing for an onslaught of patients and what could be unprecedented demand for beds, medical staff and specialized equipment. Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia have disproportionately high rates of people vulnerable to serious illness from COVID-19. But the region’s capacity to treat […] By Liam Niemeyer Mar 25 Health Ohio Valley Facing Pandemic With A Health System Hollowed Out By Hospital Closures Liam Niemeyer
Mar 10 Health Ohio Valley Colleges And Universities Respond To Coronavirus Threat College administrators around the region are weighing their options as the novel coronavirus pandemic makes the lectures, events and dormitories of campus life potential means of transmission of the highly infectious virus. Several schools are opting for distance learning and suspending in-person classes. The Ohio Valley ReSource and its partner stations will update this story […] By Jeff Young Mar 10 Health Ohio Valley Colleges And Universities Respond To Coronavirus Threat Jeff Young
Jan 21 Agriculture Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned Ohio Valley farmers planted more than 27,000 acres of hemp last year — about four times more than in 2018 — to cash in on a booming market for popular CBD products made from the crop. Yet with that growing boom, the price of CBD-rich hemp has crashed, dropping more than 75 percent in just […] By Liam Niemeyer Jan 21 Agriculture Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned Liam Niemeyer
Jan 14 Agriculture Ohio Valley Farmers Cautiously Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade Deal The Trump administration is set to sign a deal Wednesday with Chinese trade officials for what they call “Phase One” of a trade agreement after almost two years of false starts and costly, retaliatory tariffs. Ohio Valley farmers are cautiously optimistic the truce will be a turning point, but some are skeptical about the details […] By Liam Niemeyer Jan 14 Agriculture Ohio Valley Farmers Cautiously Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade Deal Liam Niemeyer
Jan 3 Uncategorized Regional Reaction To Iran: Ohio Valley Lawmakers Split On U.S. Killing Of Iranian Commander Congressional members around the Ohio Valley offered mixed reactions to the U.S. airstrike that killed one of Iran’s top military officers and pushed the two countries closer to war. Most statements from regional lawmakers pointed to Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani’s record of orchestrating violent attacks on U.S. personnel, and many Republicans praised President Donald Trump […] By Jeff Young Jan 3 Uncategorized Regional Reaction To Iran: Ohio Valley Lawmakers Split On U.S. Killing Of Iranian Commander Jeff Young
Dec 20 Health Innovating Recovery: Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis After years of leading the nation in overdose death rates, Ohio Valley communities are looking for new ways to deal with the addiction crisis. A national nonprofit organization promotes and partners with programs that do just that. The Addiction Policy Forum celebrated new ideas at events in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia to honor programs […] By Aaron Payne Dec 20 Health Innovating Recovery: Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis Aaron Payne
Nov 26 Health Study Shows Ohio Valley’s Premature Deaths Driving Down National Longevity Rates A new medical study shows that after decades of increasing life expectancy across the country, people are living shorter lives. And that trend is in part driven by premature deaths among people in the Ohio Valley due to the opioid epidemic, suicide and alcohol abuse. The article published Tuesday in the Journal of the American […] By Mary Meehan Nov 26 Health Study Shows Ohio Valley’s Premature Deaths Driving Down National Longevity Rates Mary Meehan
Oct 18 Health How Should Opioid Lawsuit Money Be Spent? Ohio Valley Has No Shortage Of Needs At a town hall event in Logan, Ohio, Kelly Taulbee walks through the steps of an encounter with someone experiencing an opioid overdose. She’s training a group to use NARCAN, the opioid reversal medication. She pulled out the small applicator and demonstrated how easy it is to spray the medication in someone’s nose. As the […] By Aaron Payne Oct 18 Health How Should Opioid Lawsuit Money Be Spent? Ohio Valley Has No Shortage Of Needs Aaron Payne
Oct 11 Agriculture Grassroots Growing: Hemp Farmers Form Cooperatives Amid Growth And Uncertainty Tony Silvernail swings a heavy machete at a stalk of bushy hemp and chops the plant near the root, grabbing the five-foot-tall shoot with his sun-weathered hand. It’s an unusually hot October day on his farm, Beyond The Bridge LLC, tucked in the hills outside of Frankfort, Kentucky. But the heat doesn’t faze Silvernail, sporting […] By Liam Niemeyer Oct 11 Agriculture Grassroots Growing: Hemp Farmers Form Cooperatives Amid Growth And Uncertainty Liam Niemeyer