Ohio Valley ReSource
News from around the Ohio Valley
About five months after historic flooding devastated eastern Kentucky, people are bracing for a cold, long winter.
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New laws have cemented a tax that pays miners with black lung disease. Miner advocates are celebrating; the coal industry says it's unfair. -
Climate change is partly responsible for historic floods that killed 39 and devastated communities in eastern Kentucky.
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A federal court issued an indictment against a coal company for falsifying coal dust tests. It could mean penalties and jail time.
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Knott County was the epicenter of the flooding, and has claimed the most deaths so far. Now, they’re picking up the pieces.
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The people of Whitesburg, Kentucky are rebuilding, mourning and trying to support their neighbors after a historic flood.
