Apr 3 Energy & Environment Coal Country: Can A Play About A Mine Disaster Help Bridge A National Divide? The actors deliver their lines from a sparse stage — just a few benches around them and 29 modest lights above. For the most part they speak directly to the audience, sharing memories of the lives of husbands, sons, fathers and nephews, some of the 29 men who died on April 5, 2010, when an […] By Jeff Young Apr 3 Energy & Environment Coal Country: Can A Play About A Mine Disaster Help Bridge A National Divide? Jeff Young
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
Apr 1 Energy & Environment Justice Coal Companies Agree To Settle $5 Million In Delinquent Mine Safety Debts Coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice have agreed to pay more than $5 million in overdue mine health and safety fines and fees. According to a press release released Wednesday, a total of 24 coal companies owned by the Justice family agreed to settle millions of dollars in unpaid […] By Brittany Patterson Apr 1 Energy & Environment Justice Coal Companies Agree To Settle $5 Million In Delinquent Mine Safety Debts Brittany Patterson
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
Mar 1 Energy & Environment Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction “You seen that one with the tombstone up there?” seven-year-old Timothy Easterling asks, looking toward the grass just uphill from his home. “That’s my papaw.” Timothy’s grandfather Chet Blankenship died in 2016, at age 69. Blankenship lived on land he and his family have long owned at the end of a road atop Bradshaw Mountain […] By Benny Becker Mar 1 Energy & Environment Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction Benny Becker
Feb 14 Energy & Environment Just Transition: Amid Climate Debate And Coal’s Decline, West Virginia Considers Its Future On a recent soggy Wednesday evening, dozens of West Virginians packed a conference room inside the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center to discuss the need for a “just transition” for coal-impacted communities. As the nation grapples with climate change, the need for a fair transition for workers and communities that depend upon coal jobs and […] By Brittany Patterson Feb 14 Energy & Environment Just Transition: Amid Climate Debate And Coal’s Decline, West Virginia Considers Its Future Brittany Patterson
Jan 27 Energy & Environment After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created A Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning. The rain came hard and fast early on the morning of June 23, 2016. By 2 p.m., water was knee deep in Bill Bell’s appliance store on Main Street in Rainelle, a small town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Bell began elevating the washing machines and dishwashers, thinking that would be […] By Brittany Patterson Jan 27 Energy & Environment After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created A Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning. Brittany Patterson
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