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Roundabouts planned for US 33 interchange in The Plains
The roundabouts will accommodate increased traffic resulting from the planned closure of the Chauncey cutoff exit from U.S. 33.
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As Ohio University enrollment grows, labor leaders say staffing should too
OU justified mass layoffs in 2020 by citing budget woes related to ongoing and projected declines in enrollment.
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Candidate forums to prepare voters for local elections
Beginning next week, voters may directly engage with local candidates at forums hosted by the Athens League of Women Voters.
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Rising Appalachia to foster sustainable forest-based businesses
Through a grant from the U.S. Forest Service, Rising Appalachia will take on a major expansion and launch an apprenticeship program.
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Technical college boards to gain power in member selection process
Hocking College leaders say the school was uninvolved in changes to process, which caused controversy at the school last year.
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Greg Smith gets go-ahead for Nelsonville City Council race
The controversial on-and-off again council member is now set to return to the body, as his election will be uncontested.
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Southeast Ohio Legal Services addresses federal housing discrimination case
SEOLS addresses the Independent’s questions about fair housing and the sexual harassment lawsuit against local landlord Joseph Earl Lucas.
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Local injection wells suspended over ‘imminent danger’ to drinking water
Both operators involved saw applications for new fracking waste injection wells denied due to the suspensions. The operator of three wells is appealing its suspension.
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Athens County landlord faces federal sexual harassment suit
The lawsuit says Joseph Earl Lucas of Amesville sexually harassed female tenants since at least 2004.
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Defense lays out arguments in appeal of Caden Cox menacing case
Matthew Kmosko supervised Cox at the Hocking College Student Center when he allegedly pointed a knife at Cox, causing him to fear for his life.
