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Sugar fined for steel mill demo
April 8, 2013 STEUBENVILLE — A Mahoning County businessman was ordered to pay an $850,000 civil penalty for the improper demolition of the former Weirton Steel Corp. Steubenville plant. more »»
In with the old
April 7, 2013 Michael “Mick” Adkins sat at his kitchen table sifting through a box of old photographs, payroll logs, safety manuals and even a “driver’s pocket guide to hazardous materials” from his 1980s... more »»
Know your mineral rights
April 7, 2013 Today’s topic is sub-surface mineral and oil and gas holdings — both of which are valuable and coveted commodities. more »»
Group lobbies against anti-frack ballot issue
April 6, 2013 YOUNGSTOWN — A new group coordinated to help derail a May 7 ballot issue that could stymie natural gas drilling in Youngstown came out firing Friday morning. more »»
Environmentalists raise fracking concerns
April 6, 2013 WARREN — Funded largely by grants, the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project focuses its attention on health evaluations, referrals and tracking of health complaints believed to be... more »»
Republic Services-Allied Waste drivers back at work
April 4, 2013 YOUNGSTOWN — Republic Services-Allied Waste drivers went back to work Wednesday, the company said, after honoring co-workers’ strike at the Carbon Limestone Landfill for the last week. more »»
Chevy Cruze sees best retail sales ever
April 3, 2013 Staff, wire reports March marked the best retail sales month for the Lordstown-built Chevy Cruze since the car’s U.S. more »»
Plaintiffs line up against D&L energy company
April 2, 2013 WARREN — A Warren company that had been treating brine water collected in the cleanup of oilfield waste dumped into the Mahoning River has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the company wher... more »»
Trash being collected
April 2, 2013 Residents and businesses who contract with Republic Services / Allied Waste and whose trash has not been collected since last week’s labor stoppage should call the company, a spokesman said Monday. more »»
Thomas Steel seeks tariffs on Japanese steel
April 2, 2013 WARREN — Blaming Japanese “dumped imports,” Warren’s Thomas Steel Strip suffered a “crippling lost sale” late last year that cost the company business in making steel used to manufacture AA alkaline... more »»
Railyard future still a mystery
April 2, 2013 WEIRTON, W.Va. — A year after asking city officials to subdivide their property, the community still is waiting to hear what ArcelorMittal has in mind for the 800 acres it’s trying to sell. more »»
National shale conference set for Warren
March 31, 2013 WARREN — The use of millions of gallons of water in each hydraulically fractured deep natural gas and oil well, like those being drilled today in Trumbull and Mahoning counties, has countless... more »»
Company calls strike ‘illegal’
March 30, 2013 YOUNGSTOWN — Management at Republic Services / Allied Waste is calling the strike by Teamsters Local 377 “illega. more »»
Counties get help in shale training
March 30, 2013 YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning and Columbiana counties are Ohio’s biggest beneficiaries of a federally funded on-the-job training program focused on the shale natural gas industry. more »»
Area motorists see slight relief at pump
March 30, 2013 Northeast Ohio gas prices dropped a half-cent to $3.727 per gallon this week. This price is about 4 cents less than it was one month ago today, according to AAA automotive club. more »»
Edison upgrades planned
March 29, 2013 Improved relays at substations to local cities, new wiring in Trumbull County and increased local tree trimming are among Ohio Edison’s plans to spend $275 million in northern and central Ohio. more »»
Senators fight for titanium
March 28, 2013 U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Rob Portman, R-Ohio and Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania, are fighting a move that could grant full foreign-trade zone benefits to a British compan. more »»
Work delayed on gas plant
March 28, 2013 NATRIUM, W.Va. — Though the site buzzes daily with construction activity, the $500 million Dominion Resources natural gas processing plant here is already three months behind schedule for opening. more »»
Local jobless rate declines
March 27, 2013 WARREN — Jobless rates among local civilian employees rebounded in February from a January spike, according to statistics released Tuesday by the state Department of Job and Family Service. more »»
Port board member’s term expired
March 27, 2013 VIENNA — Western Reserve Port Authority member Richard Schiraldi continues to hold his seat on the board that oversees operations at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, even though his term... more »» |
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