BELPRE — About 50 community members attended a special meeting Thursday to hear about a proposed strategic plan for economic development for Belpre. The plan was developed by Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, which investigated strategies to enhance economic development for the City of Belpre, as requested by the Belpre Area […]
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Students explore jobs in manufacturing
Jeff Starkey, an automotive and diesel program instructor at Washington State Community College, shows various parts of the lab to campers at Ely Chapman Tuesday. A group of 16 sixth- and seventh-grade campers at the Ely Chapman Education Foundation explored the halls of Washington State Community College Tuesday as part of a week-long manufacturing camp. […]
NCB ranked one of best employers in Ohio for third year in a row
National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading financial institution which provides banking products and services to southern Ohio and the nation’s cooperatives, their members and other socially responsible organizations, is pleased to announce that it has been ranked number 20 on the large companies list for the 2017 Best Employers in Ohio. This is the third […]
Amanda Manufacturing gives tour of factory expansion
LOGAN – Amanda Manufacturing opened it’s doors for a tour recently to show off it’s factory expansion that’s not only helping its customers but also its employees. Amanda Manufacturing, formerly known as Amanda Bent Bolt, is a metal-forming company that’s been a fixture in Logan for more than 35 years. It is located at 1120 […]
Please stop helping
Dear Reporter, Please stop helping. Please stop parachuting into our community and making wild claims based on lazy journalism, shoddy research, and at best, questionable data. Please stop “helping.” I have had enough. I’ve had enough of reporters, both national and international, spending a few hours in our community, “diagnosing our issues,” leaving, and then […]
SOPA awarded $300,000 for brownfield cleanup
The Southern Ohio Port Authority (SOPA) has been selected for grant funding in the amount of $300,000 as part of a program offered through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in effort to cleanup former industrial sites. Portsmouth was one of 172 communities to receive 279 grants totaling $56.8 million in EPA Brownfields funding through the […]
New development director set to bring passion to post
CHILLICOTHE – When the Economic Development Alliance of Southern Ohio and Ross County Community Improvement Corporation decided to better coordinate their efforts under the banner of Chillicothe Ross County Development Partners, they were looking for someone with passion to serve as the partnership’s development director. After sifting through 21 applicants for the position, conducting phone […]
Investment, expansion announced for Leesburg facility
LEESBURG – A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday, June 6 to celebrate the transfer and completion of PartyLite manufacturing operations from Batavia, Ill. to Leesburg as part of last May’s merger between PartyLite and Candle-lite Companies, creating Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance, based in Cincinnati.In the past 12 months, Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance has invested […]
Milo’s Whole World Gourmet Buys Brownwood Farms
Will Open Additional Michigan Office Athens, Ohio-based Milo’s Whole World Gourmet purchased Brownwood Farms, a food manufacturer with double the sales of Milo’s, according to local news reports. Milo’s also plans to build a new facility to accommodate expanded production. Milo’s, which sells specialty pasta sauces, salad dressings, savory jams and bruschetta toppings under the […]
Coshocton lawmakers welcome medical marijuana cultivation, set moratorium on dispensaries
COSHOCTON – The owner of one Ohio company said she intends to apply for a license to grow medical marijuana in Coshocton, following action by Coshocton City Council this week. Kimberly Farmer said her Dayton-based firm will apply with the Ohio Department of Commerce for a license to operate a Level I medical marijuana cultivating […]
