This week on The OUtlet, Dylan Theisen takes us through some of the challenges of getting broadband internet access to southeast Ohio and how these struggles played out during the pandemic. Bam and Bros Barbershop is open for business on Court Street, and André Norrils looks beyond the barber chair to the man cutting hair, and the story of how he found his passion.

This week on The OUtlet, children as young as 5 began getting their COVID-19 vaccines in Athens County after it was approved for emergency use and this week for Winter Weather Awareness Week, our forecasters have you covered with some of the most important information you need to know going into the quickly approaching winter season.

This week on The OUtlet, there’s a new pop-up coffee shop in Athens that is not only selling coffee, but forming connections after the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and WOUB’s lead forecaster Erin Ashley brings us some of this week’s weather trends as well as some important driving safety information for the fall season.

This week on The OUtlet, reporter Olivia Roman takes a look into award-winning Passion Works Studios, an art studio in Athens that serves as an open and accessible space for artists with disabilities. WOUB’s reporters went out in full for election night, covering the election process and the races that followed. In this episode, we look at what the Athens County Board of Elections does every year during election season, and we go through some of the biggest races this year. These stories and more, right here on the OUtlet.

This week on the OUtlet, we preview a few races in the upcoming general election. Tune in to hear more about those vying for Athens City Council, where three incumbent Democrats go head to head with two outside Independents. Also, the city of Athens is trying to increase space for remote work as the workplace continues to go online.

This week on the OUtlet, a local business is working to share a new product and other possibilities in Glouster, and there was heated discussion this week at the Athens city council when an independent candidate ran down city council members about possible tokenization. Hear from our city council reporter who was there this week and more in this episode.

This week on the OUtlet, the city of Athens has finally received American Rescue Plan funding, and WOUB reporter Nick Viland talks to Athens city officials about where the funds will be spent. Just off Carpenter Street in Athens, a local home owner and a local artist collaborated to beautify the neighborhood with a new mural.

This week on the OUtlet, Ohio University athletes are now able to partner with local businesses, and many have been taking advantage of the opportunity, and the city of Nelsonville works to hold on to its status as a city.

This week on the OUtlet, DJ B-Funk talks about the cancellation of the Halloween block party, and Nelsonville fights to hold on to its classification as a city.

This week on the OUtlet, diversity advocates at Ohio University are skeptical about its new inclusive excellence plan, and Athens’ first medical marijuana dispensary opened earlier this week. These stories and more, right here on the OUtlet.