Jun 23 Democracy & Civic Life Meet the Teen Leading This Kentucky Town’s Discussion of Racism in Appalachia The courtroom was silent as 19-year-old Dayjha Hogg approached the lectern at a Letcher County fiscal court meeting, stared down a panel of county magistrates, and spoke. “I know COVID’s going around right now, so just imagine, there’s no COVID, normal society, and imagine you walk around and it’s like you have the plague.” Hogg […] By Sydney Boles Jun 23 Democracy & Civic Life Meet the Teen Leading This Kentucky Town’s Discussion of Racism in Appalachia Sydney Boles
Jun 8 Democracy & Civic Life Small Towns Host Black Lives Matter Marches As Movement Spreads Beyond Cities By now it’s become a familiar scene: Marchers fill the streets with placards proclaiming “Black Lives Matter,” and chants fill the air as the demonstrators recite the names of those lost. But there’s something different about some of these protests around the Ohio Valley in the past week. They’re not just happening in the larger […] By Liam Niemeyer and Staff Jun 8 Democracy & Civic Life Small Towns Host Black Lives Matter Marches As Movement Spreads Beyond Cities Liam Niemeyer and Staff
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
Jun 21 Health “They Are Invisible.” Rural Homelessness, Made Worse By Opioid Crisis, Presents Special Challenges Charles “Country” Bowers takes long, quick strides down a worn dirt path and is soon in front of a thicket of bushes made deep and tall by spring rains. He’s leading me on a tour of camps made by homeless people in wooded corners of Fayette County, Kentucky. He stops and lifts a hand to […] By Mary Meehan Jun 21 Health “They Are Invisible.” Rural Homelessness, Made Worse By Opioid Crisis, Presents Special Challenges Mary Meehan
Feb 26 Economy Rural Broadband Funding Could Connect More Ohio Valley Communities To High-Speed Internet Vivian Livingood is the mayor of Gilbert, a southern West Virginia town of under 500 people that has struggled for years without reliable internet. Livingood said that hampers Gilbert’s tourism, businesses and schools. “We get kicked off the internet here every two minutes, and that’s if we can afford the internet,” Livingood said. “And it’s […] By Liam Niemeyer Feb 26 Economy Rural Broadband Funding Could Connect More Ohio Valley Communities To High-Speed Internet Liam Niemeyer
Oct 13 Economy Trying Times For Transit: Rural Systems Face Flat Funding And Rising Demand Thelma Daulton goes to the salon to get her hair done at the same time every Friday. She gets picked up at her house and greeted by one of many familiar faces from the Rural Transit Enterprises, Coordinated, or RTEC. Daulton is 95 years old and has been riding the public transit system in Somerset, […] By Becca Schimmel Oct 13 Economy Trying Times For Transit: Rural Systems Face Flat Funding And Rising Demand Becca Schimmel
Jun 2 Economy Without A Net: Rural Residents Band Together For Internet Service Nearly half of the people living in rural parts of United States don’t have access to broadband internet, the high speed connection required for common uses many of us take for granted. Government and survey data show that in 65 counties across Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, the majority of residents don’t have access to broadband […] By Benny Becker Jun 2 Economy Without A Net: Rural Residents Band Together For Internet Service Benny Becker
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
Jul 1 Economy Net Gains: How Broadband Brings Jobs To Eastern Kentucky Kentucky is working on a multimillion-dollar plan to bring broadband internet to the eastern part of the state, home to some of the country’s most impoverished places. A federal report released this year found that from around a third to nearly half of rural residents in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia lack high-speed internet and the job […] By Benny Becker Jul 1 Economy Net Gains: How Broadband Brings Jobs To Eastern Kentucky Benny Becker