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Holocaust Remembrance winners recognized

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YOUNGSTOWN — As part of its annual Community Holocaust Commemoration for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance), the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation sponsored a student Holocaust writing, art and multimedia contest. Winners were recognized ...

Mahoning County gets mosquito control grant

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Public Health received a $24,997 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for a mosquito control program. The grant “is instrumental in our efforts to combat mosquito-borne diseases,” said Ryan Tekac, county public health ...

House approves bill to assist Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

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A bipartisan bill that includes a “primary airport” designation for the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport — which comes with an additional $850,000 annually in federal funding — passed the U.S. House and will be signed by the president. The House on Wednesday voted 387-26 in support ...

Poland Township holds service to remember fallen officers.

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POLAND — Township police Chief Greg Wilson and his department decided to mark the township’s first National Peace Officers Memorial Day service on Wednesday. The ceremony memorialized two Poland Township officers who died in the line of duty. Each year May 15 offers a chance to remember ...

EPA: Whistleblower reports involving derailment false

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By STEPHANIE ELVERD (Lisbon) Morning Journal EAST PALESTINE — The Region 5 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has pushed back against a recent story by The Associated Press and reports from NewsNation that accuse the agency of not fully utilizing an advanced aircraft that could have ...