ZANESVILLE, Ohio-Over the past week or so, WHIZ has received numerous calls, emails, etc., regarding the temperature on the website and app being incorrect or stuck at 72°. A little background on what is happening… The official observations for Zanesville are taken at the Zanesville Municipal Airport (KZZV) via an Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS). […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio-The Animal Shelter Society of Zanesville has hired students from the Mid-East Career and Technology Center’s veterinary programs. The shelter hired five students who had either graduated or were in their second year of the two year program. Shelter manager April Cohagen-Gibson says the new faces and perspectives will be great for the shelter. […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio-The Muskingum County Port Authority held its monthly meeting this morning. The meeting discussed capital investment and employment figures. Executive Director Matt Abbott says unemployment is at about 5% across the county. “Employment trends are looking very good. Post pandemic employment trends, we’re seeing an unemployment rate of about 5%. Workforce participation rates are […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio-The Muskingum Valley Park District is happy to raise awareness for Earth Day 2021. It is the fifty-first Earth Day in United States history meant to celebrate our planet and raise awareness for what ails her. Park District executive director Russell Edgington looks to do the same within Muskingum County. “We are actually concentrating […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio-This week’s Dog Warden and Adoption Center’s dog of the week is a little pooch named Red. Red is a friendly and timid boy just looking for his forever home. If you always wanted a piece of the rainbow in your home then he could be the dog for you. “This is Red, he’s […]
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The Zanesville Post of the Highway Patrol is investigating a three-vehicle crash on US 22. It happened Thursday around 4:30 pm. Troopers say 34-year-old Cassandra Petit was on US 22 attempting to make a left turn onto Thompson Run Road. The patrol says 51-year-old Jill Collins of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, was stopped behind Petit. Troopers […]
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NEW CONCORD, Ohio-The Museum Association of East Muskingum is looking for volunteers to work at its John and Annie Glenn Museum. The museum is located in New Concord and is open Wednesday through Sunday. Operations director Debbie Allender talks about what type of person they’re looking for. “We just want people who are interested in […]
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ABERDEEN, South Dakota-Jennifer Stearns is a nurse located in South Dakota and now mother to four young children. Stearns was in the middle of her fourth pregnancy when her turn to receive the new COVID vaccine came along. She wrestled with the idea of putting something new in her body at such a crucial moment. […]
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MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio-Recently the federal department of health has reported six women experienced blood clots after receiving the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. The six women who experienced the clots were between the ages of 18 and 48 and clots occurred 6 to 13 days after the shot was administered. Muskingum County Health Director […]
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MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio-The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office spoke with county officials about dropping their current case management system manager. Prosecutors were deeply dissatisfied with the amount of progress made by their current case management system. They felt that many promises made to them were not kept. “A case management system allows for the courts, the […]
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