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Ohio

Local restaurants face a new obstacle in the worker shortage: an applicant pool of mainly teenagers

West Virginia

COVID-19 has shut down some of West Virginia’s biggest fall fairs and festivals. How one town is coping

ELKINS, W.Va. - Every few years, psychiatrist G.H. Dornblazer leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, in his rearview mirror, taking...

Oct 21, 2021
West Virginia

How we uncovered West Virginia’s foster care crisis, despite the state’s lack of transparency

CHARLESTON – If a child has to leave home and enter the foster care system, the hope is...

Oct 06, 2021
Rights

Foster kids need families to live with and state social workers to check on them. West Virginia doesn’t have enough of either

Editor's note: This is Part 2 in a three-part series, investigating West Virginia's foster care system. Read Part...

Sep 22, 2021
North Carolina

In tornado’s wake, navigating a reluctant town

RALEIGH, N.C. – It was 7:54 a.m. when I awoke to the news that a tornado had struck...

Jun 22, 2021
Ohio

After an officer killed a 16-year-old in Ohio, what does it mean to be a Black girl in America?

AKRON, OHIO - Why did the officer decide to shoot first? “Why didn’t you just try to calm...

May 10, 2021
Texas

Texas redfish farmers barely survived the pandemic. Then came the February deep freeze

PALACIOS, TEXAS — As other Texans fixed busted pipes and paid off electric bills after the February freeze,...

Apr 07, 2021
South Carolina

Two hours inside a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for South Carolina farm workers

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — Mari Valentin stood with her back against the door, facing her team inside...

Apr 05, 2021
California

When home burns, and your job is to cover it

This dispatch is part of a collaboration with The Associated Press as part of our series On the Ground with Report for...

Mar 22, 2021
California

‘Why am I still here?’ Finding hope in human connections even when the pandemic robs us of purpose

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Julia Weaver lives in the building adjacent to mine. Hummingbirds are frequent visitors on...

Mar 18, 2021
California

How California’s Central Valley plans to become new tech hot spot

MODESTO, Calif. — Alejandro Alcazar had been working as a digital marketing coordinator for about a year when...

Mar 11, 2021
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