Sydney Boles, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

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Black Appalachia

Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year

by Sydney Boles on January 25, 2021 Comments are Disabled

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley Resource. Jessalyn Brown met Kyra Higgins through theater. “I saw her on stage and I was just like, ‘This girl is so good!’ She was just amazing.” So when it came time for Brown, 21, to direct a play for her senior […]

Coal hard cash

Blackjewel Coal Moves To Liquidate, Leaving Millions Unpaid To Workers And Regulators

by Sydney Boles on December 7, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley Resource. The convoluted bankruptcy of coal company Blackjewel has hit another turn of events as the company’s former CEO moved to liquidate the company. A federal judge is considering a motion submitted last week to convert the bankruptcy from Chapter 11 […]

COVID-19

Region’s Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End

by Sydney Boles on November 25, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. With hundreds of thousands across the Ohio Valley struggling to make ends meet, a suite of coronavirus aid packages, including rent and utility relief funding, eviction moratoriums and expanded unemployment benefits, is set to expire at the end of December. The […]

A Changing Climate

Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change

by Sydney Boles on October 14, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. When newly elected President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, he said, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” The goal of […]

COVID-19

Student Journalists Document The Pandemic in Appalachia

by Sydney Boles on August 19, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. “Hello,” the call began. “This is a prepaid debit call from an inmate at the Virginia Department of Corrections.” Madison Buchanan, a 19-year-old college student, pressed 0 to accept the call and was connected to Jacob Alan Shouse, Offender Number 1101441. […]

Mine Safety Agency Should Do More to Protect Coal Miners in the Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds

by Sydney Boles on July 31, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect coal miners during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from an oversight agency released Tuesday. Through interviews with MSHA officials and union representatives, as well as reviews of state […]