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Hopewell Health Centers location unionizes
Following a vote to unionize, about 50 employees will now move toward contract negotiations with the nonprofit — the second group of Hopewell employees to do so.
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Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month in Athens County (Updated)
With Pride Month kicking off this weekend, there are many opportunities on the horizon to show LGBTQ+ pride in Athens County.
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Ohio University moves to exclude faculty from prospective union
OU wants to exclude faculty, including many in the College of Health Sciences and Professions, from the proposed bargaining unit.
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Chauncey establishes protections for LGBTQ+ residents, low income renters
The ordinance’s passage followed months of debate.
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Chauncey passes Palestine ceasefire resolution
The village became perhaps the smallest municipality in the United States to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Wayne National Forest accepting public comments on fracking assessment
Residents may comment until May 17 on a Wayne National Forest environmental assessment that recommends allowing fracking on 40,000 acres.
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Second Hopewell Health Centers location in Athens to hold union election
Fifty-one employees at the agency’s 90 Hospital Drive location will decide whether to form a union on May 22.
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Hocking College settles discrimination lawsuit with former football star
The $30,000 settlement with Caden Cox comes with no admission of wrongdoing on the part of Hocking College.
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Victory for ODNR, environmental activists in local injection well case
The Ohio Oil and Gas Commission upheld the suspension of three Athens County fracking waste injection wells over threats to drinking water.
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Chauncey passes ‘pay to stay’ tenant protections
Also, council again debated protections for LGBTQ+ residents, as well as a resolution for a ceasefire in Palestine.
