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Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — This week, in author Willie Carver, Jr.'s new book, he reconsiders a negative childhood experience with a neighborhood girl who might have just been looking for a friend. Also, a southwestern Virginia community rang the alarm after more and more of its children were diagnosed with cancer.
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Coal's Cost On Energy Prices, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Coal's Cost On Energy Prices, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — This week, coal power can be expensive. Utilities run coal-fired power plants harder in the winter and summer when demand is high. Also, two films made in West Virginia shot to the top of Netflix's streaming charts. The state wants to encourage even more movies to be made in West Virginia by helping keep production costs down.
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Encore: Our Common Nature With Yo-Yo Ma, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Encore: Our Common Nature With Yo-Yo Ma, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — This week, "Our Common Nature" is a new podcast from WNYC. It features cellist Yo-Yo Ma and producer Ana González, as they explore America and talk to folks like West Virginia coal miners. We follow Yo-Yo and his team as they venture into Appalachia. And we talk with González about meeting people where they are.
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John Rose And The Snuffy Smith Comic Strip, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

John Rose And The Snuffy Smith Comic Strip, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — This week, having a very specific talent can lead to a dream job. It's how cartoonist John Rose got his foot in the door to draw the comic strip Snuffy Smith. Also, there are dos and don'ts for treating poison ivy. And, a young, old-time musician wants to save her family's lost ballads.
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An Ohio Photographer Spent 15 Years With One Family. She Says Her Project Never Ended - West Virg...

An Ohio Photographer Spent 15 Years With One Family. She Says Her Project Never Ended - West Virg...

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — Fifteen years ago, when Maddie McGarvey was a sophomore at Ohio University, she took on a project to document grandparents raising their grandchildren. That led her to meet 3-year-old Paige Casto and her family. She's been photographing them ever since. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff spoke with McGarvey.
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International Photographer Turns Lens Toward Home In New Book - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

International Photographer Turns Lens Toward Home In New Book - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — Michael Snyder is a photographer and filmmaker who grew up in the Allegheny mountains on the border of Maryland and West Virginia. His work has been featured in National Geographic, The Guardian and The Washington Post. After living away from Appalachia for over a decade, Snyder moved back to document what changed and what stayed the same.
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Ohio and Athens County Leagues of Women Voters presents ward map to Nelsonville

Ohio and Athens County Leagues of Women Voters presents ward map to Nelsonville

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - The Ohio and Athens County Leagues of Women Voters delivered the final draft of a resident-created Nelsonville city ward map proposal at a council meeting July 14. In 2026, the city will officially transition to a new, statutory form of government, featuring wards, following a successful 2024 ballot initiative to abolish the city's charter.
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Nelsonville ward map to be presented at next council meeting

Nelsonville ward map to be presented at next council meeting

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - The Ohio and Athens County Leagues of Women Voters are set to present a proposed ward map to the Nelsonville City Council at its next meeting Monday, July 14. The Leagues hosted their last town hall Monday, June 30 where they finalized a previously drafted ward map that residents built by considering components like historical buildings, labor demographics and student populations.
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Athens County Board of Elections issues new guidelines for Nelsonville council seats

Athens County Board of Elections issues new guidelines for Nelsonville council seats

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - The Athens County Board of Elections determined ballot procedures for Nelsonville City Council seats amid the city's transition to a new form of government. The transition follows residents' vote to abolish the city charter and establish a statutory government with a mayor.
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League of Women Voters engages Nelsonville residents in creating ward maps

League of Women Voters engages Nelsonville residents in creating ward maps

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - The League of Women Voters of Ohio and its Athens County counterpart hosted a town hall Thursday, May 29 at the Nelsonville Public Library to show residents how to draw their own ward maps. Currently, under its charter, Nelsonville does not have established wards. However, it will start next year.
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Nelsonville City Council considers options for month-long council vacancies

Nelsonville City Council considers options for month-long council vacancies

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Council continued to struggle with its "December problem" - the gap between the end of current council members' terms and the start of new members' terms - at its regular meeting Tuesday, May 27. The positions of city auditor and treasurer also will be empty for that month.
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Issue 23 advisory commission recommends Nelsonville council put month-long positions on November ...

Issue 23 advisory commission recommends Nelsonville council put month-long positions on November ...

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - At its May 8 meeting, the committee overseeing Nelsonville's transition from a charter to a statutory form of government proposed a possible solution for the "December problem" - one-month terms for elected city officials. The Nelsonville Ad-Hoc Advisory Commission faces mounting pressure to figure out how to transition Nelsonville's city charter government to a statutory form of government.
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Nelsonville City Council at a loss after Issue 4 fails

Nelsonville City Council at a loss after Issue 4 fails

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Council met Monday night, less than a week after Issue 4 failed in the May 6 primary election - a measure that would have retained the city's charter while allowing a mayor-council city government. Of the voters who turned out at the polls Tuesday, around 54% voted against the amendment.
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Nelsonville hires Fred Holmes as city manager

Nelsonville hires Fred Holmes as city manager

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville has a new city manager - the first permanent appointment to the position since October 2023, and the first to hold the office since former City Manager Tom Cangemi was placed on administrative leave in August 2024.
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Nelsonville reacts to former council president's arrest at meeting

Nelsonville reacts to former council president's arrest at meeting

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Council reached unprecedented levels of disorder at a meeting April 14 when the Nelsonville Police Department arrested and charged former Council President Rita Nguyen with "disrupting a lawful meeting." On Monday, Nguyen interrupted the swearing-in of Nic Joseph Saul and Cameron Peck, who were appointed to fill two vacant council seats by Council President Gregg Clement on March 28.
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Nelsonville city manager resigns after months on administrative leave

Nelsonville city manager resigns after months on administrative leave

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Manager Tom Cangemi - who had been on administrative leave for almost eight months - resigned via email before the council's regular meeting on Monday, March 24. With member Opha Lawson absent, the council accepted Cangemi's resignation, which he tendered via email the same day.
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Nelsonville advisory commission gnaws on 'December problem'

Nelsonville advisory commission gnaws on 'December problem'

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - The Nelsonville Ad-Hoc Advisory Commission, which is overseeing Nelsonville's transition from a charter to a statutory form of government, met Thursday, March 20, to discuss solutions to the "December problem."
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Nelsonville law director suggests appointing plaintiffs in lawsuit against city to fill council s...

Nelsonville law director suggests appointing plaintiffs in lawsuit against city to fill council s...

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - With a looming deadline to fill vacant seats on Nelsonville City Council and no applications from interested candidates, the city's law director on Monday night offered a solution that could solve two problems at once. Due to technical difficulties, only a portion of the regular council meeting was recorded.
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No applicants seek vacant Nelsonville council seats yet

No applicants seek vacant Nelsonville council seats yet

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Council President Gregg Clement shared at Monday's council meeting that the city has received no letters of interest to fill its two vacant council seats. Tony Dunfee and Justin Booth resigned from the council at its Feb. 10 meeting, opening up two seats on the seven-member body.
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Dunfee, Booth resign from Nelsonville City Council (again)

Dunfee, Booth resign from Nelsonville City Council (again)

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Council members Tony Dunfee and Justin Booth resigned (again) at a Feb. 10 meeting, opening two seats on council. Dunfee said his new job interferes with his ability to contribute to the council, especially considering the pending reorganization of city government mandated by Issue 23.
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Nelsonville voters will get another crack at the city charter question

Nelsonville voters will get another crack at the city charter question

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville voters will revisit the question of a city charter vs. a statutory form of government in May. At a special meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28, Nelsonville City Council approved an ordinance placing an amendment to the city charter in the May 6 primary.
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Nelsonville City Council confirms advisory commission members for transition

Nelsonville City Council confirms advisory commission members for transition

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Council has confirmed six nominees for an advisory commission that will oversee the city's transition to a non-charter government. The nominees were confirmed at the council's meeting on Monday, Jan. 27.
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Nelsonville likely to hold costly special election in transition to mayoral government

Nelsonville likely to hold costly special election in transition to mayoral government

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Council is unlikely to resolve key questions about its transition from a charter to mayoral form of government in time to put issues before voters during the May primary, the city's attorney warned at a Jan. 13 council meeting.
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Nelsonville city charter question headed to Ohio Supreme Court

Nelsonville city charter question headed to Ohio Supreme Court

Athens County Independent — NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Nelsonville City Council voted at its Dec. 9 meeting to appeal Issue 23 - which abolishes the city charter - to the Ohio Supreme Court. At the meeting, several residents said they did not understand why council was considering taking the issue to the Ohio Supreme Court when the measure won 70% of votes in the Nov.
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