The Adamsville Fire Department was presented the check to help the department purchase new equipment like self-contained breathing apparatus', protective clothing and communications equipment.
"The Division of State Fire Marshall Department of Commerce is proud to have the training and equipment grant program with 1.6 million dollars that we distribute to smaller departments across the state," said State Fire Marshall, Larry Flowers.
Fire department's that received the...
A local community foundation starts a new competition for youth.
The Muskingum County Community Youth Foundation is planning their first youth grant competition.It's goal is to empower youth and improve the community by providing financial support.
CYF Adviser, Juliet Lacy said "The community youth foundation is always looking for activities,community service,and grant making that positively impacts the lives of young people in Muskingum County."
The youth...
Local Kids are benefiting from grants through Ohio's Race to the Top Inniative.
The Zanesville City Schools have partnered with Muskingum Valley ESC and Riverview Local Schools and will start a new program, The Muskingum Valley STEM Academy. Muskingum Valley ESC Care Team Director, Michele Timmons, says they will receive 750,000 dollars over three years to create a high quality, high tech project based curriculum that will be located in the Old Grover Cleveland School site.
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The Muskingum County Court is receiving a grant through the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
The $44,000 grant will help fund the Probation Department and Hope Court, which is a rehabilitation program that assists offenders with mental health and substance abuse problems.
"The staff of the Hope Court also has counselors that are involved with the individuals, who help with the medications and they work very closely with the court to direct those people into...
A grant is helping local students stay connected.
Out of 5,000 schools nationwide Foxfire School was one of 23 to get the grant sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission. Through a partnership with Sprint Wireless each student will get a laptop device with 4-G capabilities. This will help student K-12 access digital text books and cutting edge learning tools.
"The unique thing about the situation is with the 4G you have internet access anytime, anywhere and that's...
WHIZ's very own Kelly Mills is about to come back to work after having baby boy Grant Michael Mills last month.
Kelly says motherhood is extremely interesting and definitely not as bad as she expected; but then again, Kelly says she has a really good baby. According to mom, Grant never cries and when asked what moments so far really stand out, she answered with no hesitation.
"Everytime he goes to the doctor, it doesn't really go well. The first doctor's visit when he...
The Animal Shelter Society of Zanesville has received a grant to help vaccinate dogs for canine influenza virus.
The highly contagious disease can spread easily from dog to dog, especially in close proximity. The shelter received the grant from a petfinder.com foundation program to build community immunity against the respiratory infection, which has become a growing problem through the U.S. It has been confirmed in 34 states so far. Dogs can be contagious before they show any symptoms...
The Ohio Department of Development announced Thursday that the City of Zanesville will receive $15,000 in grant money.
It's part of the Community Development Block Grant New Horizons Fair Housing Assistance Program to implement a fair housing awareness campaign.
Zanesville will use the funds for fair housing activities, such as a fair housing law workshop, fair housing promotional and education materials.
The State program provides local...
The Ohio Department of Development is announcing millions of dollars in grant money is coming to our area from the Community Housing Improvement Program.
Zanesville will receive $500,000 and Coshocton will receive $522,000.
The counties of Licking, Muskingum and Morgan will each receive $500,000 in grant money.
The grants can be used to fund home repairs, rental rehabilitation, tenant-based rental assistance, down payment assistance, new...
One Southeastern Ohio county is getting a chunk of a $220,000 Microenterprise Business Development Program grant.
Morgan County will receive a total of $60,000. The Ohio Department of Development says that money will be used to help a local business, and 40 individuals will get both training and technical assistance. Director Lisa Pat-McDaniel says the grant is focusing on the well-being of small businesses and job growth.
The sum of the money was also split among Vinton and...
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