Local governments, businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout southeast Ohio are receiving more than $177,000 this year in grants from Ohio EPA to implement recycling, litter prevention, market development and scrap tire recycling programs.

Rapid access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) can save lives when sudden cardiac arrest strikes.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Drug Dropoff Day, held this past Saturday at two sites in Ross County, was a resounding success, resulting in the collection and proper disposal of 262 pounds of unused or expired prescription medications.

The Outdoor Recreation Council of Appalachia (ORCA) is excited to announce Washington, Monroe, Noble, Jackson, Ross and Vinton Counties and the City of Jackson have resolved to join ORCA as partners.

On July 20 at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Ross County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a man had been shot in the 3800-3900 block of Dry Run Road, Chillicothe.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that nearly three dozen local drug task forces in Ohio are receiving state support for their work to disrupt the drug trade and promote substance use awareness, prevention and recovery.

More Ohio farmland will remain Ohio farmland. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is proud to announce 86 acres have been added to the Farmland Preservation program.

Auditor of State Keith Faber announced Wednesday that the following entities received the Auditor of State Award in June for their clean audit reports.

Forty-six local health departments and municipalities across 41 Ohio counties are receiving $816,000 in grants from Ohio EPA for mosquito control activities, including $127,000 to remove scrap tires, which can become breeding grounds for mosquito larvae.

Keeping dollars closer to home — that’s the goal of an expansion project announced Thursday by Chillicothe Fire & Security, Inc., located in Green Township (Ross County).

Ross County Health District’s Director of Environmental Health, Kelly Spindler, and Health Commissioner, Janelle McManis, announced Thursday that the first group of mosquitoes to test positive in Ross County for West Nile Virus has been confirmed by the Ohio Department of Health.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Thursday announced $3 million in funding for 44 law enforcement agencies to help their drug task forces enforce the state’s drug laws and combat illegal drug activity.

More Ohio farmland will remain Ohio farmland. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is proud to announce 75 acres have been added to the Farmland Preservation Program. Acton Family Farms, LLC in Ross County becomes the fifth Ohio farm to join the program this year and the first ever in Ross County.

The Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center (ONIC), RecoveryOhio and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) joined nearly a dozen law enforcement and treatment agencies in Ross County this week to conduct the state’s fourth coordinated drug/outreach saturation event.

Twenty-four agencies in 21 Ohio counties will receive a total of $579,653.92 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to support local marine patrol units.