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Good Works provides housing to people in nine Southeastern Ohio counties
Keith Wasserman started Good Works in 1981 when he was a senior at Ohio University and it has since grown to a few different shelters and various services in Athens.
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Wildfire smoke pollution prompts increased monitoring locally
More smoke is projected to impact Athens County air quality beginning this week.
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How pollution turns into paint
Humans have decorated their bodies and their surroundings with paint, tinted with various natural substances, for hundreds of thousands of years.
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Truetown pollution-to-paint project marks milestone
A years-long, multimillion-dollar project that converts Sunday Creek pollutants into paint marked a major milestone last week.
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Appalachian Cancer Survivor Project heals through art
The Appalachian Cancer Survivor Project is an Athens-based group for cancer survivors, caregivers and more.
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‘Small, fringe’ neo-Nazi group paints Ohio University graffiti wall
Individuals apparently associated with a white nationalist hate group painted OU’s graffiti wall and pasted stickers in Uptown Athens. Experts said the activity does not necessarily mean the group has active members in Athens County, despite an Ohio presence.
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From Sri Lanka to Ohio, alum has many places to call home
“For me, home is a very fluid concept,” Michelle Michael says. “To me, home is never there nor here. It is just a feeling of who I am.”
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Should Southeast Ohio be worried after East Palestine disaster?
The Ohio Governor’s Office says Southeast Ohio appears safe, but the response from independent scientists was mixed.
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Appalachian Studies Conference comes to Athens
The conference includes concurrent sessions with panels, roundtable discussions, performances, workshops and paper presentations from over 300 presenters.
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Interactive map connects Athens County residents to local history
More than 600 sites of historical significance to Athens County are documented in a new Ohio University exhibition.
