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Federal money for electric buses could help Ohio's rural communities

Ten Ohio communities will be getting money from the federal government to put toward greener public transportation – including six in rural areas.

Two years on, one Ohio county is still trying to get people the COVID shot

Ashland County’s new mobile clinic looks just like a doctor’s office.

A handwashing station, refrigerator to store vaccines and exam table are all neatly tucked inside the big white van.

“We will have our patients sit here,” said Jenna Gerwig, the director of nursing for the Ashland County Health Department, pointing to an empty chair.

Ohio is competing to be the next ‘hydrogen hub’

Ohio is vying for a spot in a federal clean energy initiative.

Could midwives help fill Ohio’s maternity care gaps? Some rural practitioners think so.

This midwife’s office in Athens was not Laura Silva’s first stop for prenatal care.

She already went to her local hospital to talk about birthing options. But, she said it didn’t feel like she had any say in her care.

“I was not heard at all,” she said. “They said, ‘Well, we're gonna do this thing and this,' and I was like, ‘I don't like any of that.’”

The Barn Artist paints 250 years of history into Ohio’s landscape

The barn on state Route 821, just outside of Marietta on the eastern edge of Ohio, is old.

Its gray wood panels are wide and full of holes. The left side was once painted with an ancient “mail pouch tobacco” advertisement. Years of bright sun have made the letters look almost transparent.

A private group is handling Ohio's opioid settlement money. What does that mean for transparency?

Last week Gov. Mike DeWine signed the two-year state budget. It included a line item that exempts the OneOhio Recovery Foundation from public records and meeting laws. The foundation oversees the spending of $1.1 billion of the state’s opioid overdose settlement money.

An Ohio task force wants to reduce recidivism through court programs

At a recent reentry court graduation in Mansfield, two men stepped up to the podium to receive a certificate and congratulations from Judge Phil Naumoff.

High cost of food has increased worries over 'benefits cliff'

At the end of February, a pandemic-era boost to SNAP benefits, often called food stamps, ended, and around 600,000 Ohioans lost a chunk of t

Pandemic food assistance ended. It’s left Ohio families struggling.

Kelly Cunningham loves to cook.

Tonight, she has pasta on the stove. In her kitchen in Mount Vernon, 50 miles northeast of Columbus, she cuts up peppers for a pan of sizzling meat. She inherited this love from her grandmother – who passed down her recipes and her love of garlic salt.

But feeding her family of four has become stressful for Cunningham in recent months.

Can coal waste solve the affordable housing shortage?

Ohio’s affordable housing problem is getting worse, according to data from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio.

But a team of researchers at Ohio University is working on a solution.