Justin Hicks
Stories
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Politics
Schools worry about student safety when their facilities are used as polling places
Schools often make good polling places, but amid safety concerns, and the disruption of several days of early voting some districts don't want to offer their spaces.
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National
Survivors have become volunteers in the cleanup after Helene
It's been a week of clean up and recovery for people hardest hit by Hurricane Helene as the death toll is still rising. In East Tennessee, survivors-turned-volunteers help in the clean up.
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National
There are fewer opportunities to train above-ground miners to rescue their coworkers
Mining industry deaths hit a near-decade high last year. Most occurred in surface mines, like strip or open-pit mines, but there are fewer opportunities to train above-ground miners for rescues.
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National
Kentucky moves to expand a state law to make it easier to rock climb on private land
Rock climbers who want to explore cliffs on private land in Kentucky hope to get help from state lawmakers to do so.