Sydney Boles
Ohio Valley ReSource ReporterSydney Boles is the Ohio Valley ReSource reporter covering the economic transition in the heart of Appalachia’s coal country.
Sydney received her Master of Journalism from Medill School of Journalism, where she covered immigration and housing insecurity in Chicagoland.
Before her work in journalism, she studied oral history and postcolonial resistance strategies in Costa Rica, India, South Africa and Turkey.
Sydney grew up in upstate New York and enjoys baking, reading and exploring the outdoors.
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Environmental advocates worry a coal company liquidation plan will leave dozens of coal permits in eastern Kentucky unreclaimed, according to filings in…
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It wasn’t too long ago that Michael Farmer, a pastor in Charleston, West Virginia, received an email asking him a question that was already on his mind:…
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Caravans of protesters drove Monday to the Washington home and Kentucky offices of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The protesters, who were…
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In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump was all-in on the fossil fuel industry. In a 2016 rally in Charleston, West Virginia, the candidate proudly accepted…
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A new report from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian interference in U.S. elections raises new questions about a struggling eastern…
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he’s open to calling the Senate back to Washington if Democrats are willing to budge on another round…
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“Hello,” the call began. “This is a prepaid debit call from an inmate at the Virginia Department of Corrections.” Madison Buchanan, a 19-year-old college…
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Kentucky Homeless Services Systems Can’t Handle The Coming “Tsunami of Evictions,” Advocates WarnNearly 1 million renter households across the Ohio Valley…
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The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect coal miners during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a reportfrom an…
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It’s a quiet, foggy morning on Highway 119 in Cumberland, Kentucky. A railroad track runs along the highway, and here, Sand Hill Bottom Road crosses the…