Chris Welter
Environmental ReporterChris Welter is an Environmental Reporter at WYSO through Report for America. In 2017, he completed the radio training program at WYSO's Eichelberger Center for Community Voices. Prior to joining the team at WYSO, he did boots-on-the-ground conservation work and policy research on land-use issues in southwest Ohio as a Miller Fellow with the Tecumseh Land Trust.
He is a graduate of Antioch College with a self-designed B.S. in Environmental Journalism and a French Language & Culture focus. He edited The Antioch Record and later served as chair of the newspaper's advisory board.
Chris is a lifelong Ohioan, born and raised in Columbus and currently living in Yellow Springs with his cat, Beaver. He moonlights as a mediocre disc golfer and also loves to cook, hike, and read about Ohio history.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base reported an active shooter situation Thursday night at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), one of the most heavily-secured intelligence complexes in the world. -
John Pace, CEO and President of the event, says the Classic For Columbus is about much more than football.
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This year, two different city councils in Warren County have debated local ordinances that would make their towns so-called “sanctuary cities for the unborn.”
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There are only two operational utility-scale solar farms in Ohio, but dozens more are in the pipeline.
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The interactive exhibit will be at the main branch of the Dayton Metro Library through September 25th. One sponsor said they hope the exhibit will be used as an organizing tool.
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Last month, the WSU-AAUP says sixteen faculty at Wright State were informed that their positions would be eliminated.
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Dr. Jane Fernandes, formerly of Guilford College, will be the second female president in the college's 168 year history.
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Brendan Shea of Madison County represents Clark, Greene and other local counties on the State Board of Education. He homeschools his five children and says systemic racism no longer exists.
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The Clergy Community Coalition held a press conference at the former location of Good Samaritan Hospital last week
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The Red Scare lost in the second round of The Basketball Tournament over the weekend in Columbus.
