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Current Events: Trump Floats Changes To Ohio River Infrastructure
When President Trump picked the Ohio Valley as the setting to promote his infrastructure plan, he also drew attention to an overlooked part of the nation’s transportation system: inland waterways....
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Taking Flight: Ohio Valley’s Aerospace Exports Take Top Dollars
From the outside Summit Aviation, in the small town of Somerset, Kentucky, looks like any other nondescript, white warehouse. But inside workers craft parts for drones, weapons casings, wing...
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Steely Ban: Ohio Valley Steel Makers Await Trump Import Decision
Steel makers and manufacturers around the Ohio Valley are waiting for a report from the Trump administration that could trigger higher tariffs on imported steel and bring mixed results for a region...
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Coal Fatalities Rise: Miner Deaths Increase Amid Low Coal Employment
A rash of fatal coal mining accidents in the Ohio Valley region pushed the nation’s total number of mining deaths to a level not seen since 2015, sparking concern among safety advocates. Already this...
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More Breakdowns Halt Ohio River Traffic
Another breakdown at an aging lock and dam has halted river traffic on the Ohio in western Kentucky. It’s the second such interruption in less than a year for a stretch of river that carries some 90...
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New Mine Safety “Assistance” Program Raises Concerns
Lawmakers and union leaders are raising concerns about the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s practices amid an increase in coal fatalities. West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin...
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Bipartisan Bill Would Prop Up Coal Miners’ Pensions
A bipartisan Congressional group from the Ohio Valley and beyond introduced a new bill to save pensions for retired union coal miners throughout the region. The American Miners Pension Act, or AMP,...
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Trying Times For Transit: Rural Systems Face Flat Funding And Rising Demand
Thelma Daulton goes to the salon to get her hair done at the same time every Friday. She gets picked up at her house and greeted by one of many familiar faces from the Rural Transit Enterprises,...
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Controversial Mine Safety Nominee Faces Final Vote
The U.S. Senate voted along party lines Wednesday, 52 to 46, to narrowly confirm President Trump’s nominee to lead the Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA. The country’s top mine safety...
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Miners’ Pensions A Major Part Of Spending Debate
Retired union coal miners are joining teamsters, iron workers and other union retirees in an effort to shore up their ailing pension plans, and they hope the ticking clock on a government spending bill...
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$econd Chance: The Economic Case For Drug Treatment Over Jails
Imagine living and working somewhere designed to fit a couple hundred people. Now picture that same space crammed with twice that number. Madison County, Kentucky, Jailer Doug Thomas doesn’t have to...
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Miner Change: Trump’s Big Talk On Coal Brings Small Change in First Year
In this series, the Ohio Valley ReSource looks at the Trump administration’s action on key regional issues. Donald Trump loves coal. He campaigned on a promise to put miners back to work and his first...
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Change Of Mined: Study Highlights Appalachia’s Tough Task Ahead
At a recent conference in Lexington, Kentucky, economists and community leaders gathered to talk about the state’s current budget crunch and possible economic future. Peter Hille, president of Mountain...
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Tariff-ic Impact: Ohio Valley Awaits Trump Decision On Steel, Aluminum
The Ohio Valley was once synonymous with steel. Even after the industry’s sharp decline the region is still home to many industries that produce or use steel and aluminum. Those industries are closely...
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Trader Woes: Region’s Bourbon, Beans And More Could Suffer Under Tariffs
Bottles of bourbon make their way through the assembly line at Maker’s Mark, one of ten distilleries on the Kentucky bourbon trail. They’re cleaned, filled, capped and then dipped in the company’s...
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McConnell Aide Takes Appalachian Regional Commission Role
Not long after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky squared off with President Trump over funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission, the ARC has a new federal co-chair with strong...
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Trump’s Delay On Tariff Decision Disappoints Regional Steelmakers
Regional iron and steel industry leaders say they are disappointed by the Trump administration’s delay on a decision about which countries will face new import tariffs. President Trump has postponed...
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Aluminum Can-Do: Region’s Last Large Aluminum Maker Bets Big On Trump Tariffs
With sunglasses perched atop his camouflage cap, Brady Carwile filled out an application at a job fair in a community center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Carwile works at a local auto parts maker but...
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Trump Tariffs Hold Promise, Peril For Ohio Valley Industries
The Trump administration has made good on a promise to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on some major U.S. trading partners, including the European Union, Canada and Mexico. The U.S. commerce...
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UN Poverty Report Finds “Shocking” Inequality In World’s Richest Nation
The United Nations has published a report on poverty in the U.S. based on a fact-finding tour that included parts of the Ohio Valley. The UN report says that of the 40 million poor Americans about 5.3...
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