Corinne Boyer
Ohio Valley ReSource Reporter, HealthCorinne Boyer is the health reporter for the Ohio Valley ReSource. Previously, she covered western Kansas for the Kansas News Service at High Plains Public Radio. She received two Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards for her reporting on immigrant communities. Before living on the High Plains, Corinne was a newspaper reporter in Oregon. She earned her master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and interned at KLCC, Eugene’s NPR affiliate. Corinne grew up near the South Carolina coast and is a graduate of the College of Charleston. She has also lived in New York City and South Korea. Corinne loves running, checking out stacks of books and spending time with her rescue cat, Priya.
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It was already difficult to get an abortion in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, but it’s about to become almost impossible after the U.S. Supreme Court left it up to states to decide reproductive rights. -
Throughout the Ohio Valley, experts say the mental health care system needs to be bolstered with community and school mental health resources, extensive outpatient treatment and additional options to help kids before they need hospitalization. -
On July 1, Kentucky’s gas tax would have increased from 26 cents to 28 cents, but Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, took action to freeze the current rate on Thursday. -
Inflation and the limited supply of affordable housing have been major challenges for refugees and the agencies that support them. -
In less than a week, the Kentucky Public Service Commission must rule on the sale of Kentucky Power to Liberty Utilities for $2.8 billion. But the PSC currently only has one commissioner. Despite not having a quorum, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday the sole commissioner can rule on the sale. -
At the end of March, the average price for a gallon of gas in Kentucky was just below $4 dollars. Prices are above $4 a gallon in and around the state’s largest city, Louisville. Although gas is slightly cheaper in some rural areas by about 10 to 20 cents, that’s not the case in Owsley County and surrounding areas. It isn’t near any major interstates and also has one of the highest poverty rates in Kentucky. -
Pediatric infectious disease specialists reminds parents of severe disease risks associated with COVID-19. -
Months and years down the line, long after the immediate crisis, survivors will be coping with their experiences of loss from natural disasters, events that are made more likely from a warming climate. -
Gov. Beshear signs executive order declaring Kentucky’s nursing shortage an emergency -
Obesity has been a long-standing health issue in the Ohio Valley and the pandemic has made it worse.
