Editor’s note: This is Part IV of a five-part solutions journalism series exploring the future of farming in north central Ohio. Part I published on Jan. 31. Part II published on Feb. 1. Part III published on Feb. 2. As fewer students in north central Ohio grow up on farms, several educators have altered their teaching focus. Educators […]
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Building community just as important as acquiring farmland
Editor’s note: This is Part III of a five-part solutions journalism series exploring the future of farming in north central Ohio. Part I published on Jan. 31. Part II published on Feb. 1. Noel Alden bought and moved to a dairy farm in Danville in 1999 from an operation based in northern Illinois. While the Aldens were not […]
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Streamlined process needed to link beginning & retiring farmers
Editor’s note: This is Part II of a five-part solutions journalism series exploring the future of farming in north central Ohio. Part I was published on Jan. 31. Much of north central Ohio is farmland, but the number of farms is declining. Farmland is being consolidated across the United States, leaving its future in fewer hands […]
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Ohio has an aging farmer population, so what comes next?
Editor’s note: This is Part I of a five-part solutions journalism series exploring the future of farming in north central Ohio. Some north central Ohio farmers have concerns about farming later in life — specifically the manual labor and long hours necessary, as well as keeping pace with ever-changing technology. But for many, including Fredericktown […]
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Open Source: Who uses Knox County Regional Airport?
MOUNT VERNON — Travelers in the north central Ohio region often flock to the region’s major cities, Columbus and Cleveland, for commercial flights departing from John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. But the region is also home to a handful of smaller regional and county airports that offer flight services to companies […]
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Open Source: Who uses Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport?
MANSFIELD – Travelers in the north central Ohio region often flock to the region’s major cities, Columbus and Cleveland, for commercial flights departing from John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. But, the region is also home to a handful of smaller regional and county airports that offer flight services to companies […]
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Open Source: Who uses Ashland County Airport?
ASHLAND — Travelers in the north central Ohio region often flock to the region’s major cities, Columbus and Cleveland, for commercial flights departing from John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. But, the region is also home to a handful of smaller regional and county airports that offer flight services to companies and […]
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PART II: Public health communication in the age of social media
ASHLAND — There was no social media during the last major pandemic in recent United States history, influenza in 1918. The public received information from advertisements, newspapers and flyers. Today, almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, social media is flooded with information from people’s personal accounts, health departments and anyone who would like to […]
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Fredericktown school board rescinds vote to reconfigure treasurer’s office; asst. treasurer to continue employment
FREDERICKTOWN – Fredericktown’s school board rescinded its previous motion to reconfigure staffing in its treasurer’s office. The board also approved for the assistant treasurer, who previously resigned, to instead continue her employment with the district during a special meeting Tuesday. The board had accepted assistant treasurer Dawn Campbell’s resignation effective Dec. 21, 2021, during a […]
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Fredericktown board members take office despite informal opinion from attorney general’s office
FREDERICKTOWN – Fredericktown board members Nathan Bellman and Paul Napier took office Tuesday despite an informal opinion from the Ohio attorney general’s office advising them not to. The informal opinion stated the two board members’ employment at Knox County Career Center and simultaneous service on the Fredericktown school board was incompatible because of conflicts of […]