Nov 23 Economy Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End 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 consequences could be far-reaching. Poverty rates have soared as some federal programs, including the […] By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 23 Economy Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 16 Environment Federal Watchdog Finds Coal Safety Regulator Not Protecting Miners From Silica Dust The Mine Safety and Health Administration is not doing enough to protect coal miners from deadly silica dust, according to a new report from the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General. The IG found that MSHA’s standards for exposure to deadly silica dust were out of date, and MSHA lacked the ability to […] By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 16 Environment Federal Watchdog Finds Coal Safety Regulator Not Protecting Miners From Silica Dust Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 6 Election 2020 Ohio Valley Lawmakers React to Trump’s False Statements Undermining The Election Polls had barely closed in the U.S. when President Donald Trump falsely alleged voter fraud and claimed prematurely to have won the election, saying “We will win this, and as far as I’m concerned, we already have won it.” The results of the election had not yet been called, and the counting of legally cast […] By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 6 Election 2020 Ohio Valley Lawmakers React to Trump’s False Statements Undermining The Election Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 2 Election 2020 The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That? This fall, Lexington, Kentucky, activist and artist Devine Carama launched a different kind of road trip across his home state. He visited a dozen cities and towns, from Pikeville, in the state’s Appalachian east, to Paducah, near where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi. He carried a sign that said “I’ll walk 400 miles if […] By Jeff Young , Suhail Bhat , , Alana Watson and Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 2 Election 2020 The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That? Jeff Young, Suhail Bhat, , Alana Watson and Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 30 Election 2020 International Election Observers Show How Ohio Valley States Measure Up Ohio Valley states fall short of international elections standards in several key areas, according to an interim report from international elections observers the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The OSCE conducts regular election observations in 57 nations including in the U.S. The group noted that Kentucky lacks a paper backup to its voting […] By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 30 Election 2020 International Election Observers Show How Ohio Valley States Measure Up Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 16 Environment Environmental Risks Remain As Blackjewel Bankruptcy Nears Its End Environmental advocates worry a coal company liquidation plan will leave dozens of coal permits in eastern Kentucky unreclaimed, according to filings in the bankruptcy proceedings of Blackjewel L.L.C. The bankruptcy case has dragged on since last July, when the once-mighty coal company’s Chapter 11 filing left hundreds of Appalachian coal miners suddenly without work, and […] By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 16 Environment Environmental Risks Remain As Blackjewel Bankruptcy Nears Its End Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 13 Environment Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change In the long run, the mayors say, the long-term cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of investing in sustainability now. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 13 Environment Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 2 Community New Appalachian Journalism Outlets Tackle Stereotypes, Media Economy It wasn’t too long ago that Michael Farmer, a pastor in Charleston, West Virginia, received an email asking him a question that was already on his mind: “As a Black Southern Baptist pastor in West Virginia, what is my role in telling our stories?” The email was from Ashton Marra, the managing digital editor of […] By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 2 Community New Appalachian Journalism Outlets Tackle Stereotypes, Media Economy Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 28 Environment ‘False Hope’ Or Four More Years? Ohio Valley Stakeholders Reflect On Trump Energy Policy Many in Ohio Valley coal regions are reading the tea leaves on what another four years of a Trump administration might look like. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 28 Environment Ohio Valley Stakeholders Reflect On Trump Energy Policy Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 21 Environment Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More To Protect Coal Miners From COVID-19 MSHA is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them vulnerable to the coronavirus. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 21 Environment Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More To Protect Coal Miners From COVID-19 Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 19 Economy Report On Russian Interference In Elections Raises Questions About Ky. Project A new report from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee raises new questions about a struggling eastern Kentucky development project. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 19 Economy Report On Russian Interference Raises Questions About Ky. Project Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 18 Kentucky Politics McConnell Talks Stimulus, Postal Service Funding At Ky. Stop McConnell said he’s open to calling the Senate back to Washington if Democrats are willing to budge on another round of coronavirus spending. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 18 Kentucky Politics McConnell Talks Stimulus, Postal Service Funding At Ky. Stop Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 16 Arts and Culture Student Journalists Document The Pandemic in Appalachia Young people working with the Appalachian Media Institute, a program in Whitesburg, Ky., are telling pandemic stories through their own eyes. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 16 Arts and Culture Student Journalists Document The Pandemic in Appalachia Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jul 28 Environment Mine Safety Agency Should Do More To Protect Coal Miners In The Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds The report concluded that MSHA could do more to track coronavirus cases among coal miners and mandate safety precautions underground. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 28 Environment Report Finds MSHA Should Do More To Protect Coal Miners Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jul 28 Environment ‘No Pay, We Stay.’ A Look Back At Miners’ Protest That Rocked Appalachia One year ago, Cumberland, Ky. played host to a two-month long protest of a kind that hadn’t been seen in coal country for decades. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 28 Environment 'No Pay, We Stay.' A Look Back At Miners’ Protest That Rocked Appalachia Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource