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U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson touted the benefits of East Ohio Regional Hospital’s detox and residential program for the Ohio Valley during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the facility on Friday. Read more »

People gathered under a tent Sunday at the historic home of Ohio pioneer Joseph Barker Jr. to celebrate the recent transfer of ownership of the Barker house from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to the Friends of Joseph Barker Jr. House (FJBJ) after a four-year preservation effort. Read more »

Representatives from Ohio and New York are urging immediate passage of bipartisan legislation to restore the pensions of Delphi salaried retirees. Read more »

Letting Columbiana County students see the inside of eight local industrial plants, organizers of the Manufacturing Your Future event provided a glimpse of many career paths at companies eager to hire them in the future. Read more »

Farmers from Tuscarawas, Carroll, and surrounding counties attended a roundtable discussion with Congressman Bill Johnson.   To start the conversation, held in New Philadelphia, Johnson talked about his background of being on a family farm and how he knows firsthand what issues farmers may face.   As part of this, Johnson heard about the current state of agricultural… Read more »

Workforce development and available land were among the issues discussed by state and local officials and business leaders during a roundtable Tuesday morning. The estimated 40 participants in the roundtable included U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, JobsOhio CEO J.P. Nauseef, Team NEO CEO Bill Koehler and Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown. Read more »

Congressman Bill Johnson, Ohio officials, Port Authority team members, the JobsOhio President, and more joined Bully Tools officials in touring their company and participating in a roundtable discussion. Read more »

In its 20 years of operation, SenSource has put its technology in 32,000 facilities across 47 countries — and it all started in a two-story home on the west side of Youngstown in 2002. Read more »

Beatty was one of several speakers Wednesday at a press conference at the New Philadelphia Fire Department to launch this year's Project Hope campaign in Tuscarawas County, which runs through the month of September (National Recovery Month). The project is designed to help combat the rising number of overdoses and overdose deaths in this area. It is spearheaded by the Addiction Task Force and Empower Tusc. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, toured Dover's municipal light plant on Wednesday and heard about the challenges city officials face in keeping the cost of electricity affordable for consumers. Read more »