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The Ohio Municipal Electric Association presented State Rep. Jim Hoops of Napoleon with the George V. Voinovich Award. The award was established by the OMEA Board of Directors to recognize state and federal lawmakers from Ohio who make contributions with a significant positive impact on public power systems. Hoops is …

Henry County commissioners opened bids during their meeting on radio equipment for two nearby counties…as part of Homeland Security measures handled by county officials. The county’s EMA office takes care of Region 1 equipment purchases with Homeland Security grant funds. Motorola, P & R Solutions, offered a bid of $87,421.46 …

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has two applications from AquaBounty Technologies for its proposed salmon farm in Pioneer, and representatives discussed them during a public meeting held Monday night at the North Central Local School gym. AquaBounty needs several permits from multiple agencies in order to build and operate its …

Bryan City Schools began the school year short four bus drivers of the 24 needed to cover the assigned bus routes. To fill in for those vacancies, staff members have stepped up to fill those roles along with their normal duties. Officials say the district has been able to maintain …

A new, locally owned Pioneer business, Hometown Meat Market, moved closer to reality as county commissioners formally approved $64,000 dollars for the business from the county’s Revolving Loan Fund…part of a package of nearly $300,000 dollars that includes private lender money and private equity. The project is anticipated to employ …

County commissioners, on advice of legal counsel, have rejected a permit application to install water and discharge lines along a 1.25-mile-long section of County Road S for the AquaBounty salmon farm project. The lines were proposed as a public utility within the right-of-way along the south side of County Road …

President, Biden steered clear of partisan politics at Friday’s groundbreaking celebration for a huge new computer chip facility in Ohio. The President, a major force behind the legislation that helped lure Intel to Ohio, went to suburban Columbus to take a victory lap just as voters in the state are …

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Gov. Mike DeWine in his reelection bid after deciding against openly backing him in the primary. In a statement, Trump said DeWine quietly, but professionally and patriotically, goes about doing his job. DeWine fought off three far-right challengers in the GOP primary in May …

An outbreak of bird flu that has led to the deaths of 43 million chickens and turkeys this year across the U.S. has been found at a giant egg-laying operation in Ohio, state and federal agriculture officials say. The case confirmed over the weekend in Defiance County has affected roughly …

Delivery of necessary parts for a substation rehabilitation project in Bryan has been pushed back, but won’t affect project completion. The parts are four 72.5 kilovolt circuit breakers from GE Grid Solutions. The breakers are part of a plan to upgrade the city’s entire sub-transmission electric service system to 69 …