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Almost five months after historic flooding devastated eastern Kentucky, people are bracing for a cold, long winter. @stopitkatie spoke with people to see how they’re doing.
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Advocates are urging lawmakers to boost black lung benefits and streamline the application process before the end of the year, when a newly divided Congress takes office.
@stopitkatie reports for @OVReSRC
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The federal mine safety agency has repeatedly started the process to lower how much silica dust miners are allowed to be exposed to. But a new safety standard still hasn't materialized.
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The proposal to build a $500 million prison in Letcher County is back after failing three years ago. Supporters and opponents resumed the fight during a public hearing last week
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@stopitkatie reports for @OVReSRC
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Residents of small WV towns worry a new highway will hurt the environment and tourism.
“If the powers that be want us to look like ‘everywhere-else America,’ I guess that’s how we’re gonna end up looking..."
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West Virginians fight state officials to route highway around their towns
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As we near Election Day, @liamniemeyer
takes a look at how rural parts of the Ohio Valley, once Democratic strongholds, became so Republican.
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Kentucky voters need to have an excuse to get a mail-in or in-person absentee ballot. But there’s just one little problem:
“There’s not an excuse on there for flood victims”
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This story also features a WHICH CRYPTID ARE YOU quiz. I got Big Foot aka Wood Booger
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From Mothman to Tailypo, @Kaitlinthorne digs in to the mysterious creatures of the Ohio Valley
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The FEMA aid application window for flooded eastern Kentuckians closes on Friday, Oct. 28 Friday.
Roadside pickup for debris ends on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
@Hicks_JustinM reports
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Rebuilding has been slow for many flooded eastern Kentuckians as they deal with FEMA confusion, floodplain construction permits, a contractor shortage, high lumber prices, fewer volunteers and exhaustion.
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Eastern Kentuckians are dealing with flood permitting paperwork, contractor shortages and confusing FEMA requirements as they rebuild after last summer's flooding.
The latest from @stopitkatie @OVReSRC
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Four charter schools in Ohio use the 1776 Curriculum, a program criticized for whitewashing U.S. history. Three more are planned.
@Kaitlinthorne takes a deeper look as charters spread across the Ohio Valley.
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Former President Donald Trump suspended a federal study looking into the health impacts of living near strip mines.
So far, the Biden administration hasn't restarted it, despite pleas from citizen groups.
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The federal government has revived its plan to build a prison in rural Letcher County, three years after community opposition helped scrap a similar effort.
@stopitkatie reports for @OVReSRC
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here's Ohio Valley Resource's previous reporting on this. wfpl.org/from-russia-with-lo…
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Gov. Beshear just announced the state's recouping a $15 million investment by fmr Gov. Matt Bevin's administration in an aluminum mill in Northeastern KY that never materialized. The land is going to be donated back to local communities there "for future economic development."
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Keith Rose didn't want debris contractors cutting trees on his property in Neon, KY. Police say he threatened workers, so they tased and arrested him.
@hicks_justinm reports Rose has black lung. His wife says it would have been impossible for him to flee wfpl.org/eastern-ky-man-arre…