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A proposed bill that could change Ohio class time calculation has some Athens educators double-checking the state’s math and motive.
As the possibility of hydraulic fracturing coming to Athens County looms nearer, local officials have said emergency services are well prepared for a “fracking” accident, but residents are not as comfortable.
Kelly Gifford
Five days after Cunningham Energy filed a lawsuit against its research company in West Virginia, the company filed a suit of its own against Cunningham in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas.
A research company hired by Cunningham Energy has filed a lawsuit against the oil and gas company in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas.
As extensive amounts of property continue to be leased throughout Southeast Ohio to the oil and gas industry, Ohio University property could soon be adding to the growing tally.
With hydraulic fracturing looming in Athens’ near future, state and local officials hope that an Ohio caucus will help strengthen “relatively weak” shale oil and gas drilling.
Both supporters and opponents of hydraulic fracturing set aside their differences during Tuesday’s Athens County Commissioners meeting to break ground on preparations for the advent of the controversial drilling technique.
First it was the smell — an annoyance that concerned the residents of the small Texas town. But when the nosebleeds began, Calvin Tillman realized he needed to investigate the effects of hydraulic fracturing.
Matt Starline spends his days tending to crops and livestock on his 50-acre organic farm in Rome Township — but two injection wells that could pollute his only water supply sit just beyond the borders of his property.
The nation’s most aggressive abortion legislation has split not only Athens County’s representatives but also Ohio’s once unified anti-abortion movement.
More than 3,000 Athens County American Electric Power customers are without power this morning.
Although the opponents of hydraulic fracturing have clashed in recent months with landowners who have leased their mineral rights, emergency services across Athens County have collaborated to create safety measures in the event of a mining disaster.
After witnessing the drilling equipment, pipelines and gas wells strewn across the now-leveled, muddy landscape of Wetzel County, W.Va., earlier this month, a group of Athens residents returned with a firsthand look at the effects of hydraulic fracturing sites and the possible future of Athens County.
After a planning session Monday, more than 160 frustrated parents and faculty suggested alternatives that would allow the doors of Chauncey Elementary School to remain open for a little while longer.
Columbia Gas customers in Athens County will have some money burning holes in their wallets this winter after natural gas prices fell nearly 20 percent this month.
A local group hosted a meeting Sunday afternoon at the Athens Community Center designed to organize the region’s resistance to hydraulic fracturing.
The keynote speaker at last night’s open Seirra Club meeting cancelled last minute.
Editor’s Note: This is the last of a four-part series about the economic factors of hydraulic fracturing.