Katie Myers
@stopitkatie
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writer | @grist/@blueridgepublic formerly @wmmtfm | read & heard in BBC, the New Republic, Belt Magazine etc | I write for the stage sometimes
mountain south
Joined October 2016
Just wrapping my first full week on the job as a regional reporter in Appalachia for @grist & @BlueRidgePublic - if you live in the region and you wanna talk energy transition, disaster resilience, biodiversity etc my inbox is open! Kmyers@bpr.org/ kmyers@grist.org
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RT @asheville: A federal hiring freeze has forced the National Park Service to rescind job offers for more than 2,000 seasonal and permanen…
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RT @grist: North Carolina launches first-ever statewide electrification incentives (@CanaryMediaInc)
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RT @ByMikeBaker: The Times identified 30 frozen studies, including: • malaria treatment for children under 5 • a device to prevent H.I.V. i…
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RT @RyanVanVelzer: The @UAW is trying to expand its foothold in the South where there’s deep-rooted resistance to unions.
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RT @courierjournal: Trail maintenance, visitor information and other services in places like the Red River Gorge would see "immediate" impa…
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RT @BlueRidgePublic: A judge gave federal employees facing a dilemma to accept the recent "buyout" option a temporary reprieve. https://t.…
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RT @feliciasonmez: Federal buyouts affect Asheville's NOAA office and the future of climate data. By @stopitkatie & @chicknich: https:/…
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@AmandaBurroughs my favorite thing about it is all the old school Arby's signs in Knoxville have half their lights out so at night its like "arbys beef sand is deli." part of the charm
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Yearning for a Knoxville summertime
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RT @uproot_project: 🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @COPublicRadio is hiring a Climate Solutions Editor to manage a team of reporters responsible for produci…
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everything is a labor story
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RT @HollyKaysWrites: Hellbenders, part 2: In the wake of #Helene, Smokies habitat is more important than ever for hellbender salamanders. A…
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RT @TimesFreePress: A study by the Sierra Club found PFAS contamination in 60% of the samples collected around Kingsport and Johnson City i…
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RT @BlueRidgePublic: For Asheville businesses rebuilding after Helene, the city will require most structures in designated floodplains to f…
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they're going to be snake handling for the gram. There will be trendy NYT culture section articles about it. Tastemakers will pretend to be shocked but secretly think it's Aesthetic. Unbearable discourse will begin. I'll log off forever (maybe)
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RT @BlueRidgePublic: Some Western North Carolina officials say they’re confused by and concerned President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal…
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RT @KyPolicy: Federal funding in Kentucky goes to individuals and families, nonprofit organizations, businesses, counties, cities and the s…
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