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An Ohio native and his grandma took on every national park – and their distant relationship

Kaitlin Thorne

At 85 years old, Grandma Joy had never seen a mountain. So her grandson took her to see the Great Smoky Mountains. The pair went on to visit all 63 national parks.
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Mounting problems: Ohio's volunteer firefighters often face bigger fires with less training

Abigail Bottar, Ideastream Public Media

When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 hours of training and often tasked with fighting bigger fires with fewer people than career departments.