Oct 25 Environment Ohio Valley Coal Mine Executive Bob Murray Dead at 80 Robert E. Murray, the founder and former president and CEO of Murray Energy Corp., formerly the largest privately-held underground coal company in the country, has died. He was 80 years old. Murray’s death was reported Sunday evening by television stations WTOV9 in Steubenville, Ohio, and WOWK in Huntington, West Virginia. According to the news outlets, […] By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 25 Environment Ohio Valley Coal Mine Executive Bob Murray Dead at 80 Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 25 Environment From Appalachia To Wyoming: Youth From Coal Country Discuss The Future After Coal On a recent Saturday, over Zoom, a group of seven high schoolers from Wyoming, eastern Kentucky and West Virginia gazed at an image of a gleaming, pale blue, coal-fired power plant. “OK, so this one really interested us,” said Sarah Belcher, a senior from eastern Kentucky. “So we noticed your all’s coal facilities, they’re really […] By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 25 Environment From Appalachia To Wyoming: Youth From Coal Country Discuss The Future After Coal Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 25 Health Ohio Valley Residents’ Health Insurance At Stake In Affordable Care Act Challenge Health care is on both the ballot and the docket, and for more than a million in the Ohio Valley, stakes are high. By Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 25 Health Health Insurance At Stake In Affordable Care Act Challenge Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 25 Health After Highest-Ever Week For COVID, Ky. Awaits New Recommendations Beshear has shied in recent months from revisiting restrictions on businesses or taking new action to combat the spread of the virus. He is expected on Monday to introduce new “recommendations.” By Jacob Ryan Oct 25 Health After Highest-Ever Week For COVID, Ky. Awaits New Recommendations Jacob Ryan
Oct 25 Local News Pence’s Chief Of Staff Has The Coronavirus. Pence Will Continue To Campaign Marc Short, the top aide to Vice President Pence, is the latest White House official to get the coronavirus. Pence tested negative. By Emma Bowman, NPR , Tamara Keith, NPR and Franco Ordoñez, NPR Oct 25 Local News VP Pence's Chief Of Staff Has Coronavirus Emma Bowman, NPR, Tamara Keith, NPR and Franco Ordoñez, NPR
Oct 25 Community Protest At Daniel Cameron’s House Ends Without Arrests LMPD declared the protest unlawful, but after an hour-long standoff, police retreated. By Jess Clark Oct 25 Community Protest At Daniel Cameron’s House Ends Without Arrests Jess Clark
Oct 24 Kentucky Politics Distilled Kentucky Politics Distilled: Early Voting During The Pandemic And the state treasurer released a report accused Gov. Beshear of improperly spending money to enforce coronavirus orders. By Ryland Barton Oct 24 Kentucky Politics Distilled Kentucky Politics Distilled: Early Voting During The Pandemic Ryland Barton
Oct 24 Health Beshear: New COVID-19 Recommendations Coming Monday Governor Andy Beshear announced 1,738 new cases of coronavirus Saturday —Kentucky’s highest daily total since the pandemic began. By Laura Ellis Oct 24 Health Beshear: New COVID-19 Recommendations Coming Monday Laura Ellis
Oct 24 Arts and Culture Hunter S. Thompson ‘Freak Power’ Documentary Gets Louisville-Area Premiere “Freak Power” will screen at Sauerbeck Family Drive-In. It focuses on Thomson’s 1970 bid for sheriff of Pitkin County in Colorado. By Stephanie Wolf Oct 24 Arts and Culture Hunter S. Thompson ‘Freak Power’ Premieres Locally Stephanie Wolf
Oct 23 Health Covid-19 Surge In Ky. Hits 1,457 Cases On Friday The state also reported 16 news deaths and a positivity rate of 5.34%. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 23 Health Covid-19 Surge In Ky. Hits 1,457 Cases On Friday Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 23 Education Tax-Recall Petitioners Respond To Allegations They Altered Voter Information Judge Brian Edwards’ decision on the voter information will determine whether votes cast on the tax-levy question will be counted. By Jess Clark Oct 23 Education JCPS Tax-Recall Petitioners Respond To Allegations Jess Clark
Oct 23 Kentucky Politics Legislators Push For Stronger Hate Crime Law The legislation comes in reaction to the killings of two Black people at a Jeffersontown Kroger in 2018. By Ryland Barton Oct 23 Kentucky Politics Legislators Push For Stronger Hate Crime Law Ryland Barton
Oct 23 Education JCPS Allows Postseason High School Sports To Continue Regular season football games are cancelled after this Friday night, but practice for both football and basketball will continue for at least a week. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 23 Education JCPS Allows Postseason High School Sports To Continue Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 23 Arts and Culture Derby Dinner Playhouse Extends Closure After 8 Employees, Performers Test Positive For COVID-19 The dinner theater closed temporarily last week after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. On Thursday, it extended that closure. By Stephanie Wolf Oct 23 Arts and Culture Derby Dinner Playhouse Extends COVID-19 Closure Stephanie Wolf
Oct 23 Election 2020 Rep. Trey Hollingsworth Faces Andy Ruff In Indiana District 9 Race Hoosiers in Southern Indiana are less than two weeks from finding out who’ll be sent to Washington, D.C., as their voice in Congress. By John Boyle Oct 23 Election 2020 Rep. Trey Hollingsworth Faces Andy Ruff In Indiana District 9 Race John Boyle