Daily Archives: December 5, 2008

Ohio’s initial unemployment claims up 6,600-plus

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Nov. 22 were in California (+10,882), Ohio (+6,658), Michigan (+6,611), Indiana (+6,501), and Missouri (+5,820), while the largest decreases were in Nebraska (-72), Utah (-37), the Virgin Islands (-8), and North Dakota (-4). Continue reading

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Dixland tops in ‘economic geology’

ODNR report reveals that Ohio’s mineral industries produced geologic commodities valued at more than $2.55 billion last year, which was down less than 2.3 percent from 2006. The industries listed in the report directly employed more than 10,000 people producing coal, oil and gas, salt, sand and gravel, limestone and dolomite, clay and shale, and sandstone and conglomerate. Continue reading

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Blue Ribbon Schools in Dixland

And other stuff from the Ohio Department of Education. Continue reading

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