Chris Welter
Managing Editor, Eichelberger Center for Community VoicesChris Welter is the Managing Editor at The Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO.
Chris got his start in radio in 2017 when he trained at the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices. Most recently, he worked as a substitute host and the Environment Reporter at WYSO.
He is a graduate of Antioch College, where he edited the campus newspaper, The Record. He now sits on the newspaper's advisory board.
Chris is a lifelong Ohioan, born and raised in Columbus and currently living in Yellow Springs with his partner and their cats and dog. He moonlights as a mediocre disc golfer and loves cooking, hiking, and reading about Ohio history.
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Four overdoses have been reported in Springfield, Ohio in the last few days— experts recommend testing drugs for fentanyl and carrying naloxone.
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The wetland reserve is owned and maintained by the Beavercreek Wetlands Association and was funded through donations and grants.
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Clay Mathile, who grew Iams pet food into a massive business and founded Aileron in Dayton, Ohio, has died.
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The CBD has sued the government for endangered status for Ohio freshwater mussels: pyramid pigtoe and salamander.
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A group of conservative parents in Tipp City failed to convince a federal judge this week that the Bethel local school district’s bathroom policy was unconstitutional.
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was in Ohio on Monday afternoon to tour battery and heat pump manufacturers, and to announce a new round of federal research grants for those industries.
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The new Ohio River Valley Splash-Pad water park in northeastern Oklahoma is keeping kids cool this summer, and helping Eastern Shawnee citizens feel a connection to their homelands.
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The state alleged in their complaint that Tom’s Mulch & Landscaping in Bellbrook illegally discharged unpermitted stormwater contaminated pollutants into Sugar Creek, and into a local wetland and stream.
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The ants surrounded people at parks, crashed into windshields on the highway, and blocked out the sun as they flew by this past weekend.
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Ohio adopts a two year budget bill. It has grown over the course of the last couple of years to get bigger and bigger and include a wide range of topics.