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Salem Band students perform

Salem’s fifth-grade band performs during the district’s “Music in Our Schools Month” Band concert held Saturday at the high school. Aside from the fifth grade musicians, who were playing for the first time in front of an audience, the sixth grade band also performed as did the Salem ...

BOE approves property valuation complaints

SALEM - The board of education approved the filing of complaints with the Columbiana County Auditor against the property valuations of two properties within the school district in its meeting Monday. Ohio Revised Code Section 5715.19 (A) permits a board of education to file a complaint with ...

Election officials give predictions on voter turnout

LISBON — Election officials gave two predictions for voter turnout for today’s primary election, with one saying 30 percent and the other giving a range of 25 to 35 percent. Either way, they’re not expecting as many as the 2016 presidential primary when the turnout was 43 percent. The ...

United School Board hears from fifth-grade student journalists

HANOVERTON — The United Local School District Board of Education heard from four fifth-grade students practicing journalism at school during its regular meeting Wednesday. Colton Wright, Ben DuVall, Tatym Sigler, and Tyler Marhefka described to the board how they and the nine other fifth ...

Private-well testing fund established

EAST PALESTINE — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced on Monday $2 million in secured funds to test private wells downstream from the site of last year’s train derailment. “My job is to always fight for Ohio communities and this investment is thanks to the residents of Columbiana ...

Rising Scholars soar into NASA culinary competition

A team of Rising Scholars from Kent State Columbiana County earned a spot in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The scholars will compete with teams from around the country on April 17 to determine if their culinary creation will be a ...