Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Norton Raceway Park née Barberton Speedway in southwestern Summit County, Ohio must have nine lives, writes photojournalist Matthew Chasney.
natural gas rig

Over 50 Appalachian environmental organizations sign a letter addressed to the U.S. Department of Energy asking for more transparency in ARCH 2 talks.
corn

If the Farm Bill, which passed out of a congressional committee late last month, were signed into law in its current form, farmers would likely see few substantive changes in how they do business, at least at first.

Leaders from the Ohio Farmers Union, Pennsylvania Farmers Union, Farm Action Fund and Buckeye Quality Beef Association gathered to speak publicly about the impact consolidation has had on their members.
best butcher winners

Mark Madden, owner of The Meat Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, won the Beef Checkoff’s Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative's Best Butcher Contest on May 10.
salamander mussel

The Watters Aquatic Conservation Center is providing new opportunities for researchers to reverse the downward trend of many species of freshwater mussels.
May 30 Kids Page

We're sorry we forgot to put the Kids Page answer key in the May 30 Farm and Dairy! All of the answers are posted here.
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Catch up on local FFA news from Southern Local FFA, R.G Drage FFA, Zane Trace FFA, Northwestern Wayne FFA, West Holmes FFA and Black River FFA.

Chuck and Cheryl Glenn are about two weeks out from the EF2-rated tornado May 8 that ripped through their houses and barns in Hancock County, West Virginia.
Norfolk Southern

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announce a $310 settlement with Norfolk Southern on May 23 for East Palestine.