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Ora E. Anderson Conservation Fund accepting 2026 grant applications NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) is accepting applications for 2026 grants available through the Ora E. Anderson Conservation Fund for Appalachian Ohio. Public and nonprofit organizations, as well as groups working in fiscal sponsorships with a nonprofit or public organization, are eligible to apply for funding to support conservation across Appalachian Ohio’s 32 counties. Emphasis is on conservation activities and programs in the areas of watershed restoration, sustainable forest ...

AEP Ohio and data center companies announce additional bill assistance funding

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GAHANNA, Ohio — AEP Ohio and five data center companies recently announced a first-of-its-kind effort to provide more than $18 million in additional funding to help Ohioans pay their electric bills. The funds will support AEP Ohio's long-running Neighbor to Neighbor program, which provides grants to cover electric bills for people experiencing financial hardship. The companies that contributed to the fund each have data centers in Ohio. "These additional funds are a significant infusion for a program that helps Ohioans in need," said AEP Ohio President Marc Reitter. "This fund ...

Grant makes county tire collection possible

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LISBON — The Columbiana County Health District will host a tire collection event from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 3 at the Columbiana County Fairgrounds through a mosquito granted received earlier this year. “Tires are a problem,” county Health Commissioner Dr. Wes Vins said. During their meeting Wednesday, health board members approved a contract with Liberty Tire for the tire event, not to exceed $10,000. The health district received a $20,000 mosquito grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, with plans to use half for the tire collection event. Sewage Program Manager ...

WIC beneficiaries will soon be able to have cards refilled at Salem health department

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SALEM — Salem residents receiving benefits through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will soon be able to have their benefit cards refilled at the health department. During the health board meeting Wednesday, Health Commissioner Chelsea Clark announced that WIC had confirmed it would begin offering a refill date in Salem once per month beginning in November. Clark said that the first refill date would be on Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and that in the future it may shift to offering benefit card refills at the department twice per ...

Salem school board approves new contract with CCBDD

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SALEM — The school board approved a new contract with the Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disability in its meeting Monday. Treasurer Mike Douglas said that the agreement concerns the costs of having students attend the Robert Bycroft School in Lisbon, which was previously ...