Justin Hicks
Data Reporter, Ohio Valley ReSourceJustin Hicks is the data reporter for the Ohio Valley Resource, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and WFPL.
Hicks comes to the region from Indiana Public Broadcasting, where he covered workforce issues for their statewide network. In his role, Hicks balances long-term projects, deep-dive investigations and collaborate with reporters with data-focused stories.
He has a master’s degree from NYU and a bachelor’s in music from Appalachian State University where he played trumpet and developed a love for hiking in Appalachia. He‘s also worked as a music teacher.
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Luke Glaser, city commissioner in Hazard, says eastern Kentucky is frontpage news right now and that’s attracting volunteers. When that attention moves on, he worries the help will too.
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Over the past week, Havanna Thacker has transformed a historic high school in Carr Creek, Kentucky into a supply depot. While her mother whips up trays of food in a tiny cafeteria, she stocks the gym with supplies that people bring by the carload.
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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.
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A U.S. Supreme Court decision issued Thursday could severely limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to move the nation towards renewable energy.
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The mine safety agency is effectively putting operators on notice, saying it will increase inspections at mines with repeat offenses.
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One ton of coal was valued at about $85 last May. Now, it’s worth nearly four times as much, hovering at about $320.