Since The Athens NEWS reported on its website Monday that long-time Meigs County Common Pleas Judge Fred W. Crow III had resigned under a cloud, local and regional news outlets have jumped on the stor

State Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Athens, has proposed legislation that would ban private ownership of large, exotic animals in Ohio. The proposed legislation comes in the wake of the incident in Muskingum County Wednesday Wednesday in which a collector of exotic animals killed himself after releasing 56 of the animals at his farm near Zanesville.

The oil and gas boom that's looking over Athens County's shoulder has stirred a lot of attention in our area lately, most of it negative. There's good reason for that, based on reported environment

The federal Bureau of Land Management is ready to auction more than 3,000 acres of the Wayne National Forest for oil and gas leases, as part of a larger three-state auction involving a total of almost

An estimated 1,500 people from multiple southeast Ohio counties braved the damp and chill in Gallipolis Saturday afternoon to hear politicians and organizers urge them to get out the vote and overturn

Opinions differ on when, whether, and to what extent a statewide and regional boom in oil-and-gas drilling will hit Athens County.

On the assumption that it will eventually get here, however, a statewide farmers advocacy group will be in Athens Tuesday, to share tips with local property owners on what to do if they’re approached about leasing their land for drilling.

The administration of Ohio Gov. John Kasich is saying that its budget proposal, rolled out last week, will not only balance the current biennial budget, which faces an $8 billion shortfall, but also will fix long-term structural problems in Ohio’s system of funding government.

State Sen. Jimmy Stewart said Saturday that amendments to Senate Bill 5 that kept collective bargaining for wages and working conditions persuaded him to favor the legislation when it passed last week with a 17-16 vote.

A bill amendment sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Poland, that he says will protect over 20,000 coal-related jobs was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives last week.

A new location for the community health-care facility in Meigs County, as well as a variety of community health services in the area, are being threatened, with federal budget proposals targeting the programs for $1.3 billion in cuts.