The West Virginia elk reintroduction program is four years in, and the project is not growing as fast as expected; however, there is a herd in the southern coalfields that is slowly getting bigger. Much of West Virginia’s elk reintroduction program is modeled after Kentucky’s, which is more than 20 […]
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This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Automakers across the Ohio Valley are temporarily closing their plants in response to the coronavirus pandemic. That includes the big three U.S. automakers — Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler — and Toyota. In a release, GM said it will be suspending […]
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To fight the spread of coronavirus, government officials have asked Americans to swallow a hard pill: Stay away from each other. In times of societal stress, such a demand runs counter to what evolution has hard-wired people to do: Seek out and support each other as families, friends and communities. […]
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This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Ray’s Harvest House in Albany, Ohio, had to lay off 11 people following Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s order that all bars and restaurants close dine-in services. Denise Hager was a cook at the restaurant and said she’ll miss seeing and talking to all […]
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Later this year, the first of two burners is scheduled to shut down at the Centralia Coal Plant in this rural Washington state community halfway between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. When the second burner is extinguished in 2025, it will end an operation that, for years, has produced about a […]
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In February 1968, U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy visited eastern Kentucky to investigate the successes and the failures of the “War on Poverty.” In the new book “All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy’s 1968 Tour of Appalachia,” author Matthew Algeo examined the trip and digs into what Kennedy saw, what has […]
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