Chris Welter
Chris 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 The Antioch Record and later served as chair of the newspaper's advisory board. Through the college's cooperative education program, he interned with an environmental education non-profit in Ypsilanti, MI and worked as a paralegal assistant at a criminal defense firm in Chicago and a bankruptcy center in Philadelphia.
Chris is a lifelong Ohioan, born and raised in Columbus and currently living in Yellow Springs with his two cats, Beaver and Franklin. He moonlights as a mediocre disc golfer and also loves to cook, hike, and read about Ohio history.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe Great Council State Park in between Yellow Springs and Xenia will feature an interpretive center that will tell stories of the Shawnee's past, present and future. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe state alleges that an open concrete tank at the facility in Bath township in Greene County emitted unpermitted levels of ammonia. -
High school graduates from the Dayton, Trotwood-Madison, Xenia and Springfield public school districts are eligible. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentJohn Navarro, with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, said the discovery means water quality in the Ohio River may be improving. -
Business & EconomyFarmland prices are historically high across the country, including in the Miami Valley. Land has been selling for well over ten thousand dollars an acre across the region over the past few months. -
The Wilberforce University Bulldogs haven't had a baseball team since before World War II, but a partnership with the Cincinnati Reds is changing that.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe proposed Kingwood solar project in Greene County would produce enough energy every year to power tens of thousands of homes. But some worry about losing the farmland. -
The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced the death of Dr. Tony Forshey on Friday, November 26. -
James R. Willis said in an interview that the officers involved should have been better trained to understand the limits on their authority. -
A disabled Black man was dragged out of his car by his hair last week by the Dayton Police Department during a traffic stop. The city’s police union said the officers followed procedure but others are calling for an investigation.
