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Photo of the entrance to a mining site with coal stacked toward the tree-line, on a sunny summer day. A tractor adds coal to the pile.

Johnson Run strip mine mineral rights under unusual new ownership

By Dani Kington & Keri Johnson ● Environment ● June 28, 2023

On one side of Johnson Run Road sits an idyllic country home — on the other, the controversial Johnson Run strip mine.

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Should Southeast Ohio be worried after East Palestine disaster?

By Dani Kington ● Environment ● March 22, 2023

The Ohio Governor’s Office says Southeast Ohio appears safe, but the response from independent scientists was mixed.