The Ohio Newsroom
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The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen recently announced plans to open the state’s first river maritime academy in eastern Ohio’s Monroe County. It’s an effort to address a need for tug boat operators and deckhands.
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The University of Cincinnati is launching an adaptive athletics program. Collegiate athletes with disabilities can now compete in wheelchair tennis and adaptive track and field. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentAs pharmacy chains close stores across Ohio, a pharmacist in Wooster is helping to fill in the gaps left behind. -
Ohio organizations from Cincinnati to Toledo hope to build tiny home villages for homeless and housing insecure veterans. -
To celebrate the holidays, Steubenville decorates its downtown streets with hundreds of giant nutcrackers. The display attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the city. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentA state working group released its recommendations to increase inpatient behavioral health care access across the state. -
Homeless people in at least six Ohio cities can be fined or arrested for sleeping in public places, even if there’s nowhere else to go. -
Affordability restrictions for about 14,000 rental homes in the state will expire in the next five years. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentFor years, Wayne County did not have a permanent space for a severe weather overnight shelter. Other rural communities are facing similar challenges. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentWild turkeys are plentiful in Ohio these days, roaming all 88 counties. But early settlers once pushed the species out of the state entirely. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentA team of researchers recently wrapped up a four-year-long study to find out how autonomous vehicles fare on Ohio’s rural roads.
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