Area financial institutions underwent much change in 2023, from a new chief executive at 717 Credit Union to the start of construction for a new headquarters for Farmers National Bank to technology improvements at both and at Premier Bank. 717 Credit Union Based in Howland, the institution ...

Business briefs BROTHERS FORM SCHOLARSHIP: Gary Brantley, senior vice president and chief information officer for the NFL, and his brother, attorney Bryan Brantley, have announced they will establish a scholarship endowment at the YSU Foundation. The Brantley Family Scholarship will provide ...

WARREN — General Motors CEO Mary Barra cited Ultium Cells, the automaker’s joint venture electric-vehicle battery-cell plant in Lordstown, as part of the reason why GM is seeing improved profitability in its EV business. Barra, in a letter to shareholders GM released with its first ...

CANFIELD — Mercy Health plans to close its Canfield Surgery Center on June 1, according to a statement Monday from the health care provider. The decision to close the center, 4147 Westford Drive, was made jointly by Bon Secours Mercy Health Ambulatory Ventures and Compass Surgical, ...

As recently as five years ago, a sense of parochialism pervaded the Mahoning Valley. Individuals and groups — economic development, nonprofit and others — worked in silos, but still with the goal to better their communities. The paradigm, however, has begun to shift, yet with the same end ...

FOUNDATION NAMES TWO TO COMMITTEE: The Youngstown Foundation recently announced it has appointed Amy Cossentino, the founding dean of the Sokolov Honors College at Youngstown State University, and Guy Coviello, president / CEO of the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber, to its distribution ...