Great Lakes: EPA’s window on the world
Environmental quality has improved, but it still has some ways to go to meet the EPA standards that have been set.
Medina County’s farm preservation levy is defeated
The campaign for a purchase of development rights (PDR) program was defeated on Super Tuesday in Medina County.
McClesters donate first ag easement to ODA
Carroll County landowners Robert and Bernice McClester are the first landowners to donate an agricultural easement to the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), ensuring their farm will not be converted to a non agricultural use.
Independence amends original application with FERC
Independence Pipeline backers amended their original application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Pipeline inching closer to certificate
Partners of the Independence Pipeline Company say they've met the market condition stipulations placed on the pipeline project by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
James C. Baer, owner of Rogers Community Auction
Well-known auctioneer Jim Baer died March 27 of an apparent heart attack.
Proposed pipeline still up in the air
Landowners across Ohio and Pennsylvania continue to voice objections to the construction of a 370-mile natural gas pipeline that could cross northern Ohio and northcentral Pennsylvania.
OEPA investigating yet another spill at egg farm
Buckeye Egg Farm is being investigated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Service for yet another spill, this time of fuel oil.
Ag district protection against nuisance law suits may be in jeopardy
Ohio's agricultural community is watching the developments of a case in Darke County Common Pleas Court that could affect the way farmers do business.
On the fringe
Ohio's greatest population growth is occurring in Brown, Clermont and Warren near Cincinnati; Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway and Madison near Columbus; and Medina, Portage, Geauga and Ashtabula near Cleveland.
