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Child support enforcement agency takes hit in JFS layoffs
Four of five positions set to be eliminated by Athens County Jobs and Family Services are in the county’s Child Support Enforcement Agency.
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Photo of the Week: Friday, Oct. 3
A Millfield horse in his neighbor’s field, taking a break from a busy morning away from home.
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Rising Appalachia hopes to turn coal mining land into community forest
The group recently secured substantial funding to move toward its goal, but it has a long way to go.
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Dover Township community members join to restore park
Millfield Community Park has been in desperate need of repairs for decades, community members are now spending their own time and money to give their children a place to play.
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Returning waste to mine among hurdles for Truetown treatment facility
Before a long-promised project to protect Sunday Creek from toxic mine discharge can come to fruition, the state must determine how to safely dispose of sludge left over from treatment.
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Margaret Hoff: Growing flowers and biodiversity
Margaret Hoff offers a glimpse into her unorthodox flower farm— which caters to critters more than it does to people— and her principles that guide her farming practices.
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Millfield fire destroys two-story home (Updated)
The structure fire occurred in a residential neighborhood along Millfield Road last night. No one was injured.
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Rising Appalachia to foster sustainable forest-based businesses
Through a grant from the U.S. Forest Service, Rising Appalachia will take on a major expansion and launch an apprenticeship program.
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How pollution turns into paint
Humans have decorated their bodies and their surroundings with paint, tinted with various natural substances, for hundreds of thousands of years.

