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Nonprofits, governments cleaning up Trimble floodplain
Repairing floodplains has benefits both for economic development and ecology, showcased by collaborations in Trimble.
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Chesterhill Produce Auction celebrates 20 years of abundance
An enterprise that started as a tent on a hill in 2005 has now increased its yearly revenue to half a million dollars in sales, a milestone measuring its contribution to the resiliency of this rural Appalachian community and its neighbors.
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From waste to worth: Using septic sewage as fertilizer
Failing septic systems and fertilizer runoff are major contributors to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, but an Ohio University researcher proposes a process to reduce both while boosting the local economy.
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Returning waste to mine among hurdles for Truetown treatment facility
Before a long-promised project to protect Sunday Creek from toxic mine discharge can come to fruition, the state must determine how to safely dispose of sludge left over from treatment.
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Local craftspeople offer free repair and education at Saturday’s Fix It Fest
See how to repair everyday items — from small engines to lost buttons on a shirt — rather than throwing them away and buying new ones.
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As region enters ‘exceptional drought,’ rain loss may be ‘unrecoverable’
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded Athens County to its most severe drought category, as the area bakes under extreme heat.
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Seeds, plant starts available free from Community Food Initiatives
Community Food Initiatives (CFI) will kick off their Annual Seed Giveaway at all Athens County Public Library branches on Monday, April 8. A varied selection of seed packets will be available at each library branch; seeds are free and available to any community member while supplies last, registration not required. The CFI seed giveaway is…
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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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Urge Congress to support Appalachian farmers
Our members of Congress must pass a Farm Bill that supports community-led land access initiatives and training and capital assistance for beginning farmers.
