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Snowy days often lead to salty streams. Ohio's trying to fix that

Municipal road warriors in Ohio and across the country have increasingly turned to a big weapon in their fight against snow and ice to keep roads safe — salt.

It's an excellent de-icer. And cheap.

Dayton Public Works maintains 1,700 lane miles of road.

Fewer Ohioans are on the state’s Medicaid rolls than a year ago. Here’s why

More than 650,000 Ohioans have lost their Medicaid coverage since the COVID-19 public health emergency ended, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Cities across Ohio consider cease-fire resolutions

Cities across Ohio are considering passing cease-fire resolutions, calling for an end to the violence in Israel and Gaza.

But they split on whether or not to pass them.

‘Stronger When We Touch’: How two Ohio friends got through a pandemic with poetry

Four years ago this month, the state of Ohio shut down in response to an unprecedented global pandemic.

A year later, two friends in southeast Ohio, former Athens poet laureate Wendy McVicker and Meigs County poet Cathy Cultice Lentes, started sending each other letters of poetry.

‘Stronger When We Touch’: How two Ohio friends got through a pandemic with poetry

Four years ago this month, the state of Ohio shut down in response to an unprecedented global pandemic.

A year later, two friends in southeast Ohio, former Athens poet laureate Wendy McVicker and Meigs County poet Cathy Cultice Lentes, started sending each other letters of poetry.

‘Stronger When We Touch’: How two Ohio friends got through a pandemic with poetry

Four years ago this month, the state of Ohio shut down in response to an unprecedented global pandemic.

A year later, two friends in southeast Ohio, former Athens poet laureate Wendy McVicker and Meigs County poet Cathy Cultice Lentes, started sending each other letters of poetry.

Fish, frogs and… pharmaceuticals? How researchers are addressing Ohio’s medicated streams

Algal blooms and forever chemicals often dominate the conversation around water quality in Ohio. But, researchers across the state say there’s another, lesser known threat to Ohio streams: medications.

The hazy status of recreational marijuana sales in Ohio

A day before recreational marijuana became legal in Ohio, Hamilton city council took a vote, unanimously deciding to ban those sales within its city limits for at least six months.

The southwestern Ohio city isn’t alone.

Need to know the time or temp? Ohioans are still dialing up the weather

There used to be a bunch of weather phone numbers all across the country. A lot ended in "1010" or "1212," and they were operated by businesses, banks, companies, even the National Weather Service.

OSU is tapping into Ohio’s sweetest crop: maple syrup

On a cold January morning, Ohio State University assistant professor Gabriel Karns is outside with a small hammer and a drill. He scans the bark of a maple tree for the perfect spot.

“One of the things we look for is an area on the tree where the bark doesn't show much evidence of an old knot,” Karns said, delicately brushing moss off a towering maple.