STEUBENVILLE — In the Nov. 5 general election, a majority of voters in Steubenville, Mingo Junction and Wintersville elected to renew a tax levy supporting the Steel Valley Regional Transit Authority. Last passed in 2014, the 1.5-mill levy this year carried a .5-mill increase — for a total ...
Six years in, Trinity Health System’s Graduate Medical Education program is already making a difference in the medical community. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic Trinity Health System started the area’s first Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education certified residency ...
Criminal justice students at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School have passed their National Emergency Communications Certification exams and are now eligible to become 911 dispatchers. Instructor Jamie Freeman said students completed a 40-hour online course where they practiced radio ...
Stocks fell in afternoon trading Friday, but the losses are softening enough to give Wall Street a chance to snap a four-week losing streak. The S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent. The index is holding onto a 0.2 percent gain for the week, which would end a four-week losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 37 points, or 0.1 percent, as of 2:41 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.1 percent. Technology stocks were the heaviest weights on the market. The sector has been at the center of much of the market’s recent sell-off in a reversal from their market-driving gains ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration said it will cut its workforce by 43 percent, or about 2,700 jobs, as part of a reorganization. The SBA was established in 1953 to offer resources to small businesses and helps administer small business and disaster recovery loans. It played a crucial role during the pandemic, helping distribute small business aid. Now the goal is to return to pre-pandemic staffing levels and cut some programs started during the Biden administration, said the new head of the SBA, Kelly Loeffler. “By eliminating non-mission-critical positions and ...
STEUBENVILLE — When a population grows, spaces must adapt to fit the influx, granting much-needed breathing room. That’s the scenario Franciscan University of Steubenville faced until recently, according to Christin Jungers, dean of the school of professional programs. To accommodate ...
