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“Jim represented the highest echelon of journalists — the kind who care, the kind who write to make a difference in people’s lives, as he surely did. What a loss to the world."
This week on Inside Appalachia, we hear from a radiologist in eastern Kentucky who says he’s seeing a rise in cases of black lung among young coal miners. We’ll also hear the first part of a new series from reporters Randy Yohe and Chris Schulz about the dog racing industry in West Virginia. Then, we’ll travel to Monaca, Pennsylvania where Shell plans to begin operations at its massive ethane cracker plant, and our host Mason Adams speaks with author Barbara Ellen Smith.
Using a loan from the state, the city of Oak Ridge is replacing a plant from 1943 which currently provides the city with drinking water.
City of Oak Ridge employees will be getting a bonus this year.
Amid concerns about pay for city employees, the Oak Ridge City Council passed a budget on first reading.