During the City Council meeting held Monday, Mayor Steve Patterson announced the Athens Police Department will not be renewing their contract with flock surveillance following public concern. Citizens continued to raise flooding concerns, saying the city is not answering their calls.
Dr. Natalie Kruse Daniels, the director of environmental studies at Ohio University, recommended solutions to flooding in Athens during the Transportation Committee meeting, Sept. 28. Kruse Daniels focused specifically on Richland Avenue and Coates Run, where city officials say flooding has had a significant impact.
Dr. Amy Acton, Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, recently pledged her support for a three-year moratorium on injection wells in Washington County. The injection wells are a topic of contention in the area, with many concerned the wastewater will migrate into drinking water aquifers.
Nearly 3,000 acres in Wayne National Forest have been leased for the development of oil and gas companies. These leases have drawn both support for the economic benefits and sparked debate over forest conservation.
With deer season starting next week, hunters in Athens entered a lottery to hunt on city lands. The program opened lands across the city to hunters who entered the program.
A bison calf was recently born at the Appalachian Hills Wildlife Area. The wildlife area showcases the bison to educate visitors about grassland and species conservation.
CCC Plastics, a Canadian plastic manufacturing company, plans to lease a building in The Plains owned by ACEDC to build a plastics facility. The company would offer 25 full-time jobs within the facility.
Since 2024, the Athens Police Department and Athens County Sheriff’s Office have used Flock Safety technology. Despite public distrust of the technology, the Athens Police Chief says the technology has proved helpful in solving cases.
The WearEver Aluminum factory in Chillicothe operated throughout the mid to late 1990s and exposed the groundwater under the site to toxic chemicals, creating a plume.
Chillicothe City Council passes a 60-day moratorium on data centers after U.S. Paper Mill proposes building one at the old Pixelle Specialty Solutions paper mill.
Athens City, county recover after Aug. 11 floods make Richland Avenue impassable
The PORTS site in Piketon is set to host a large data center and gas generation facility. However, the project has stirred up controversy due to the site's past health impacts.
A group of Ohioans is collecting signatures for a proposed constitutional amendment that would restrict the expansion of data centers across the state.
The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission recently approved over 8,500 acres of land on Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Valley Wildlife Area for fracking. The decision has angered many environmental activists across the state for potential negative environmental and health effects.
ONDR proposed changing the name of the Charles O. Trump Wildlife Area to Trump Wildlife Preserve in March. The name change has faced backlash on social media due to the connotation of the Trump name.
The right to hunt and fish is currently established through the revised code rather than in the constitution. ODNR would continue to regulate which species, where and which people can hunt and fish under proposed legislation.
Ohio Senate Bill 294 aims to promote fossil fuel and natural gas energy production, while making it more difficult to invest in renewable energy.
The Ohio EPA is considering a general permit for data centers to apply for the discharge of wastewater into surface waters in the state. The permit would allow a streamlined process for data center facilities to receive authorization, and has raised concerns with environmental activists.
Portsmouth is expected to be the site of the largest natural gas generation facility in the world, generating 9.2 gigawatts of power, as part of a Japan-U.S. trade deal.
The spotted lanternfly population has become an increasingly larger problem in Ohio, leading the Department of Agriculture to impose a state-wide quarantine on Feb. 17.
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