Adriana Martinez-Smiley

1 day ago | wyso.org | Adriana Martinez-Smiley

After Kacy Loyd and her family moved into their home in 2022, they were surprised to find environmental consultants at their door. “They showed up one day for testing, and we let them know who the new owner was,” Loyd said. She said she knew she moved nearthe Valley Pike Superfund site in Riverside that had contamination. But what exactly the concern is, she said she can’t really spell out. “We have our amazing water, our aquifer. We don't want to ruin that.

2 days ago | wyso.org | Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Ohio House lawmakers voted this month to make steep cuts to the statewide water quality program, which was formed after toxins left Toledo temporarily without safe drinking water. H2Ohio has since funded programs to prevent farm runoff, protect water supplies and other water quality solutions The proposed $120 million cut in the House's budget has alarmed local and regional environmental advocates and some state leaders.

2 days ago | wosu.org | Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Ohio House lawmakers voted this month to make steep cuts to the statewide water quality program, which was formed after toxins left Toledo temporarily without safe drinking water. H2Ohio has since funded programs to prevent farm runoff, protect water supplies and other water quality solutions. The proposed $120 million cut in the House's budget has alarmed local and regional environmental advocates and some state leaders.

2 weeks ago | wyso.org | Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Requarth Lumber Company, of the oldest businesses in Dayton, is now under new ownership. The company has been owned by five generations within the Requarth family for 165 years. Its rich history includes sales of lumber to the Wright brothers, and surviving the 1913 flood as well as two world wars and the Great Depression. The company sells lumber to customers often in the construction industry. The Schockman Lumber Group acquired the company earlier this month.

2 weeks ago | wyso.org | Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Community think tank The Collaboratory has a big goal: it wants to wipe out over $22.74 million of medical debt for people in the Miami Valley with incomes at or below four times the federal poverty level. Through its partnership with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, they could identify 13,000 qualifying residents in Montgomery, Clark, Darke, Preble, Greene, Miami and Shelby counties.