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No Asphalt Plants
Residents of Alexandria spent the summer fighting to preserve their rural town. Industrial development has continued to press on. This documentary film shows the stakes.
Living, writing and thriving in Ohio
Authors Hanif Abdurraqib and Connie Schultz explode the myth that leaving home is the path to success
Top secret jobs: These college students are studying what they love. Why can’t they tell their parents?
“I used to major in Cinema, which my parents never knew about. I once dreamed of becoming a dancer, which my parents advised me not to. And now I major in Journalism, which I told them ‘is just a small program of my Communication major.’ Being the first person ever in my family to study abroad, I am forever grateful for the enormous amount of time, money, trust, and love that my parents have given me.“
The Town Meeting
When huge forces of business and government make secret deals that affect your well being, where can you go? To the Town Meeting. The bees are depending on you.
Hope prevails even as poverty, homelessness and overdoses are on the rise in Licking County
Even as development booms and jobs pour into Licking County, Mike Young is among the rising number of people in Licking County who struggle to find housing due to substance use disorder, prolonged poverty cycles and the tight housing market. Young has lived all three. And even with his efforts to stay sober and out of trouble, he still might not be able to afford a home in a county where rental prices have gone up 25% in the past couple of years.
The Big Sit
Tom Bartlett raises money by counting migrating birds. Should we all be paying attention?
Julie Mulroy Sees the Connections
She has limited mobility, but she is watching. And she knows more than most of us.
LOCAL NEWS
Licking County Overdose Awareness Day event honors the fighters, survivors, and the memories those who have been lost
The Licking County Coroner says that 256 people in the county have died because of an overdose during the past six years, including 58 last year.
Bus service between Newark and Granville, including a stop at Denison, coming in October
The Granville route will start and end at the Tamarack medical complex just off of West Main Street in Newark, travel north along Cherry Valley Road and Thornwood Crossing, west onto Newark Granville Road and onto Broadway to Pearl Street, where it will travel north to the east entrance to Denison University.
Road through Licking County being discussed to bypass congestion in Johnstown near Intel site and connect with I-71 and I-70
The request came to light this week when a map showing proposed road projects in Licking County appeared on a county website. The map has since been removed from the website.
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MORE LOCAL NEWS
Ernst withdraws application for concrete plant; community battle refocuses on asphalt plants
A letter from the company’s attorney says that “Ernst respects the goals established by the community in the recently approved Comprehensive Plan.”
Reporting Project journalists Sophie LeMay and Jen Clancey win honors in state and national contests
The reporters each won first-place awards in the National Federation of Press Women’s statewide contest, which propelled their entries to the national contest.