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AUSTINTOWN — The trial of former township trustee Steve Kent began in earnest Aug. 7 in the courtroom of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John M.

In the first major update since 2018, the assessment highlights climate change inequities in low-income communities and the importance of Indigenous voices in finding solutions.

The world's largest group of ornithologists announced Nov. 1 that it would begin work renaming 70 to 80 North American bird species named for people — some deemed racist, exclusionary, or implying "ownership of an entire species by one human." The project begins next year. It's a contentious decision anticipated by the top University of Minnesota ornithologist, who is a fellow in the ...

AUSTINTOWN — It’s taken several years, but Bruce Shepas is on the verge of becoming an Austintown trustee. According to unofficial results from the Ma

AUSTINTOWN — Four candidates are vying for the available seat on the township’s board of trustees, and all of them want to help Austintown put the board’s

YOUNGSTOWN — Former Austintown trustee and Poland Township police officer Steve Kent has been released from the Mahoning County jail. On Sept. 20, Mahon

By ED RUNYAN Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — Steve Kent, the fired former Poland Township police officer and ex-Poland schools resource officer, who was removed

YOUNGSTOWN — Steve Kent, the fired former Poland Township police officer and ex-Poland schools resource officer, who was removed as an Austintown Township tru

Tribal, state, and federal governments are working to adapt to the changing environment to ensure manoomin lives on in Minnesota, which is home to more acres of natural wild rice than any other state in the country.

Wild rice is an aquatic grass that thrives in shallow waters, and serves as a sacred “mashkiki,” or medicine, to the Ojibwe.