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• Update: Boil Advisory for Downtown and Surrounding Areas Cancelled

  11-08-2020 22:09
  
  Update 3:30 p.m. 8/12/2020: The boil advisory issued for Downtown Columbus and surrounding neighborhoods on Tuesday, August 11 has now been lifted. Per the Columbus Department of Public Utilities: On 8/11/2020 a precautionary boil water advisory was issued due to a drop in water pressure caused by a power outage at the Dublin Road Water […]
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• Update: Boil Advisory for Downtown and Surrounding Areas

  11-08-2020 22:09
  
  Update 9:30 a.m. 8/14/2020: A second boil alert for Friday, August 14 has been issued by the Columbus Department of Public Utilities due to another power outage affecting the Dublin Road Water Plant. The boil advisory affects the same Columbus neighborhoods as earlier this week. The Department of Public Utilities wrote on Facebook: This only […]
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• PSA: Boil Advisory Issued for Downtown, Grandview, Parts of Short North, Franklinton & South Side

  11-08-2020 22:09
  
  Per the Columbus Department of Public Utilities: The Columbus Department of Public Utilities is advising customers of a boil alert due to a power outage affecting the Dublin Road Water Plant. As a precautionary measure, customers in the following area are advised to bring all water used for cooking and drinking to a rolling boil for […]
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• Editorial: Local Journalism You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

  11-08-2020 21:00
  
  Here at Columbus Underground we’ve always focused on a wide variety of stories and topics. Some of them are a bit more popular — like local restaurant reviews and special events — while others are topics that are a bit more niche. We take a lot of pride in our award-winning journalism that focuses on important topics […]
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• Before and After: Short North

  11-08-2020 20:51
  
  Cities change, and nowhere in Columbus has that been more evident than in the Short North. Even if you’re familiar with the general story – the transformation from a blighted and neglected neighborhood to one where luxury apartments can rent for well over $3,000 a month – it is still easy to forget how different […]
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• State COVID-19 Testing Still Falling Short in Month 7

  11-08-2020 19:30
  
  By Jake Zuckerman After an initial scare from a COVID-19 rapid-response test in the morning, two diagnostic tests on Gov. Mike DeWine came back negative late Thursday evening. A follow-up test Saturday did as well.  For most Ohioans, however, testing scarcity — antigen, antibody and diagnostic (PCR) — has been and continues to be the norm […]
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• Department of Neighborhoods Virtual Town Hall - East Side

  11-08-2020 18:45 via youtube.com
  
  
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• $300 Federal Unemployment Supplement Likely Coming, Governor’s Office Says

  11-08-2020 18:30
  
  By Marty Schladen It appears likely that unemployed Ohioans will get a $300-a-week federal supplement to their benefits, but it’s unclear when it will start, Dan Tierney, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s press secretary, said Monday. The supplement was called for as part of a series of executive orders President Donald Trump signed Saturday.  “Part of the […]
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• Watch Out, ‘Super-Predator’ Rhetoric is Alive and Well

  11-08-2020 17:53
  
  The dog-whistle term made most famous by Hillary Clinton in the 1990s, in which the then-first lady gave a speech in support of her husband’s tough-on-crime legislation, simply can’t be shaken. “They are often the kinds of kids that are called ‘super-predators.’ No conscience, no empathy,” said Clinton in 1996, in support of the controversial […]
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