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The Advocate Editorial Board Newark and Licking County have received tremendous news recently - news that could have lasting positive impacts for decades. The proposed 108 megawatt solar field on 512 acres of Harrison Township farmland is likely to be a huge win for the area. The privately-financed project from Union Ridge Solar would place a large solar farm near the AEP Kirk substation on Watkins Road. It must go through a fairly rigorous approval process with the state before it can become a...

St. Louis Public Radio St. Louis officials installed 50 tiny homes this past fall in the former St. Louis RV Park lot. Most have a nearly identical build with a door, window, heater, desk and bed. Three weeks ago, Shannon Bounds was sleeping in an abandoned warehouse that was partially burned down. Now she and her partner stay in one of the 50 new tiny homes assembled in a former RV park just northwest of downtown St. Louis. “Theres two beds in there for me and my fiance, and then theres a de...

A two-week blitz by advocates for St. Louis’ homeless population kept an estimated 260 people out of the cold, even as freezing temperatures have blanketed the region for nearly two weeks. Advocates Alex Cohen and Tim Huffman discussed the effort, and the reasons it was necessary, on St. Louis on the Air.

Businesses and nonprofits prepare for cold St. Louis temperatures     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — People across the metro are looking for warmth with the freezing temperatures. Tim Huffman with the St. Patricks’ Center says they are asking for volunteers to help assist in keeping the homeless population sheltered this weekend as below freezing temps move in. “When it’s this cold you can die pretty quick,” Huffman said, adding area homeless shelters are currently full. Part of the prob...

St. Louis Public Radio People staying at the downtown safe haven shelter in St. Patrick Center take a smoke break on Friday morning. Nearly every year, someone in St. Louis dies from the cold, local providers of homeless services say. The coronavirus pandemic has made the issue more dire this winter. Social distancing measures have reduced capacity at area homeless shelters, and the economic crisis has put more people at risk for homelessness. Propelled by the freezing weather this month, a gro...

Advocates are calling for more homeless shelters and fewer COVID-19 restrictions during a stretch of extreme cold weather expected this weekend.