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When I was a kid, I hated watching the news. I would beg my parents to turn it off, I would state it was “boring” or it was “too sad.” However, as I grew up, I stopped begging to turn it off and started watching along. I can admit sometimes the news does make me a little anxious, but it doesn’t stop me from watching or reading.
The Southeast Ohio region has long been a beacon of coal mining and oil drilling. The region’s history of coal mining has posed intense environmental dangers due to abandoned coal mines and orphan wells.
Wednesday, June 11
Athens prepares for its annual Juneteenth celebration, scheduled for Thursday, to commemorate the complete emancipation of slavery in the U.S. Athens residents have celebrated the federal holiday the past four years, consistently highlighting the presence of Black history in the Southeast Ohio area.
Wednesday, June 4
Wednesday, May 28
In discussing the topic of environmental conservation and restoration, a romanticized idea of returning land to an untouched, pre-human wilderness is often brought up. Even in practice, many holding positions of land management act in this way with the Wilderness Act of 1964 defining a wild area as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”
Wednesday, May 21
A recent round of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency grants funded 116 water systems in 58 counties across the state, including Athens. The grant consists of $2.7 million and is aimed toward improving public water systems and drinking water.
Wednesday, May 14
Athens City Council met Monday evening to discuss street repaving, as well as property rezonings and a new shared-use bike path.
Through the introduction of the Ohio University President’s Opportunity Promise Award, Southeast Ohio students are offered an opportunity to study at Ohio University without heavy tuition costs.
Wednesday, May 7
Numerous government orders and laws targeted efforts in universities to support diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility for Ohioians at campuses, local, state and federal levels.
When I was in high school, I told my mom I would never attend Ohio University. But as we sat together in my childhood home’s backyard Sunday, she told me, “I could never have imagined you going anywhere else besides OU.”
The Ohio House passed House Bill 96, the legislature’s budget bill for the fiscal year 2026-2027 on April 9. The bill is currently being debated by the Ohio Senate committees and, if passed, will go to Gov. Mike DeWine for approval.
Three organizations in Athens County were recently awarded the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, grant, which is used to strengthen domestic violence services in communities. The Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) announced April 1 that $6 million in funds were awarded this year for a total of 93 grants to 46 counties in the state.
After over 50 years, Athens County Children’s Services is on the road to building a new facility.
Not even flash thunderstorms could stop the rockers and skaters at the fourth annual Spring Skate Jam. During the band Jackoff Demons’ set, the rain bore down on the crowd, which flowed to the shelter of Devil’s Kettle Brewing.
The Athens Police Department responded to a break-in at Keith Chapman Jeweler located at 8 S. Court St. April 1 at 5:37 a.m.
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