On an early Saturday morning, the River City Farmers Market comes to life.
Just blocks from the Ohio River, vendors set up shop under red, white and blue tents, advertising everything from fresh vegetables to locally raised meat.
Ten Ohio communities will be getting money from the federal government to put toward greener public transportation – including six in rural areas.
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 vying for a spot in a federal clean energy initiative.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
