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Tana Weingartner/WVXUWater has always been a big part of the Fernald story. In the 1980s, nearby residents got the news: the water they'd been drinking was contaminated with uranium and other waste. Part of cleaning up the superfund site meant making the groundwater and surface water safe, and repairing the damage to the aquifer and the Paddys Run watershed. -
Nick Swartsell/WVXULongworth Hall was once one of the longest buildings in the world when it was built in 1904. It's about to get somewhat shorter — but will also see some significant renovations.
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The developer is planning a scaled-down version of the Hyde Park Square development, but it still will be a campaign issue in Cincinnati's Council election. -
Environmental issues can often be tough to understand — and talk about. The local Sierra Club chapter is taking an unusual approach to keep the conversation going. -
3CDC has gotten massive results — and sometimes, big criticism — with its approach to redevelopment. How have organizations elsewhere approached the work? -
An agreement signed last year between the NCAA and those Power Five conferences allows schools to give athletes a portion of the revenue their athletic departments generate. -
People in the neighborhoods just west of the Mill Creek are excited about big projects improving the area after years of disinvestment. But they also wonder if those changes will make their communities less affordable. -
The garden on a lot once ravaged by floods will be maintained by those recovering from addiction. -
Two coal-fired power plants provided jobs and a sense of pride to the river village 20 miles east of Cincinnati. Market dynamics and the fight against climate change shuttered them — leaving economic and environmental issues that still haven't been addressed fully. -
William Rankins Jr. painted dozens of murals in Over-the-Rhine, the West End and other neighborhoods in the 1990s and 2000s. Most of them are gone now, and he's lost his eyesight. A project for BLINK is preserving his legacy. -
Both are a big deal in a district where 40% of students live in families below the poverty line. -
The village's story is full of heroic acts, but also a lynching and racial tensions.
