Proposed Solar Fields Meet Resistance in Meigs County
RACINE, Ohio - A solar company is proposing to use farmland in the Great Bend and Letart Falls areas for...
Environmental concern
Recycling 101
Recycling 101 By Steve Swatzel, REHS, Director of Environment Health Recycling is generally defined the process of collecting and processing...
Meigs County Cleanup Day set for May 13, 2023
Meigs County Cleanup Day. Photo by Madalyn Wood. Meigs County residents can cleanup around the house May 13, 2023 from...
AG Yost Launches Initiative to Help Communities Expose Dumpers Who Trash Ohio
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — On the eve of the global observance of Earth Day, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his...
Propane leak in Reedsville
REEDSVILLE, Ohio - According to Meigs EMS State Route 124 in the Village of Reedsville is closed due to a...
East Palestine Water Quality Update
East Palestine Water Quality Update (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) -- The following is a status update regarding water testing results in East Palestine...
Meigs Health Today: Public Health Nuisances
Meigs Health Today: Public Health Nuisances By Steve Swatzel, RS., Director of Environmental Health A public health nuisance is a legally actionable...
As Globe Warms, Infected Pines Starve and Disease-Causing Fungi Thrive
As Globe Warms, Infected Pines Starve and Disease-Causing Fungi Thrive COLUMBUS, Ohio – The high heat and low water conditions...
Running Buffalo Clover, a Historic Success
Closeup of running buffalo clover flowers. ODNR photo. Running Buffalo Clover, a Historic Success COLUMBUS, Ohio – A once considered...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Discovered in Northwest Ohio
Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a herring gull in Erie County, Ohio, on March 9. ODNR photo. Highly...
Demolition Advanced at Former Philip Sporn Plant
The Frontier Group of Companies (FGC) announced that it had safely demolished Boiler #5 (seen above prior to demolition) at...
“There’s No Safe Level of Lead in Kids”
"There's No Safe Level of Lead in Kids" National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Runs Through Saturday By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman...
Law Adds Hurdles to New Solar and Wind Farms
Law Adds Hurdles to New Solar and Wind Farms COLUMBUS, Ohio — Amid a surge in large-scale solar energy developments...
Meigs Health Today: Recycling
Meigs Health Today: Recycling By Steve Swatzel, RS, Director of Environment Health The EPA reported in 2018 that the United States generated...
An Earth Day look at plastic pollution in Ohio
An Earth Day look at plastic pollution in Ohio By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman COLUMBUS, Ohio - With Ohioans around the...
