The Greene County Farmland Preservation Board is accepting applications from qualifying landowners for the agricultural conservation easement program.The easement is an interest in land, which represents the right to prevent development or improvement of a parcel for any purpose other than ...
Greene County director of elections Kelli Haines has resigned from the role, less than two months after Greene County commissioners selected her for the position.On Thursday, commissioners voted unanimously to hire Tammi Watson to fill the vacancy.Commissioner Mike Belding said Haines notified ...
Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia (ACCA) recently visited Carmichaels Area Senior High School with an educational program featuring four live birds of prey.Students in grades 6 and 8, along with high school students interested in the environment, attended three separate sessions. The ...
This week the Federal Reserve System has a very important meeting.As I write this column, we expect an announcement on Wednesday of raising interest rates by one-fourth of a point.The stock market is expecting this decision, so it is priced in the current values. The Fed should probably raise ...
With the price of gas and other every-day items on the rise, some area food banks have already seen an increase in requests for assistance, while others are preparing for the inevitability.Corner Cupboard Executive Director Candice Tustin Webster hasn鈥檛 seen a jump in numbers 鈥� but she ...
With a nearly $1.4 million grant headed to Greene County from the recent federal spending package, the commissioners are moving ahead with plans to convert an empty building into a business incubator.The county purchased the Silveus Building at 30 W. High St., which adjoins another county-owned ...
