Ohio Governor Mike DeWine held his daily coronavirus briefing Monday at the Statehouse in Columbus. It was announced that there are currently 1,933 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ohio, 39 deaths and 475 people hospitalized. DeWine announced that K-12 classrooms will remain closed until May 1st. The original ordered issued by Ohio Department of Health […]
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***UPDATE*** Muskingum County Job and Family Services has reached its application and funding limits for this program. ***UPDATE*** Muskingum County Job and Family Services says it time to apply for COVID-19 disaster assistance. Households may be eligible for one-time assistance to use towards expenses related to the pandemic. This includes, rent, deposits, utilities, or Mortgage […]
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The Muskingum County Fair Board announced details of this year’s blue ribbon event. It is scheduled to take place August 16TH through the 22nd. The weeklong event will feature harness racing, the demolition derby and a rough truck contest. The featured performer this year will be Riley Green who was raised on the sound of […]
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The Ohio Department of Transportation says State Route 669 is closed between State Route 555 and Malta due to high water. ODOT is reminding drivers to never attempt to travel through high water. Please follow and like us:
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The Muskingum County Emergency Management Agency is warning motorist of high water on roads around the Dillon Dam Area. Officials have not yet been able to place signs marking the problem areas so be careful if you are driving in that area. Director Jeff Jadwin says never drive through a flooded roadway. Please follow and […]
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Perry County announced the opening of a donation collection point in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The County is encouraging medical practices such as veterinary clinics, dentists, elective surgery centers and other non-essential medical providers to donate surplus Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support first responders and critical operations occurring in response to the COVID-19 […]
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted thanked President Trump and Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the full approval of the use of new technology to sterilize desperately-needed surgical masks in Ohio and other parts of the United States. The FDA has authorized Columbus-based Battelle […]
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine held his daily coronavirus briefing at the Statehouse in Columbus Sunday. He was critical of the FDA for not granting full approval of a Battelle technology to sterilize masks for hospital workers and first responders in the COVID-19 outbreak. He says federal officials promised to ease restrictions on the Battelle technology. […]
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Congressmen Troy Balderson (R-OH) and Steve Stivers (R-OH) join Ohio Governor DeWine in calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately correct an oversight limiting the amount of life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE) that can be decontaminated using Battelle’s innovative new technology. Having enough PPE for frontline health care workers is crucial […]
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted Sunday expressed deep disappointment in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to limit the use of new technology to sterilize desperately-needed surgical masks in Ohio and other parts of the United States. The FDA has authorized Columbus-based Battelle to sterilize only 10,000 surgical masks […]
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