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DISCUSSING GRANTS â Jefferson County Drug Court Coordinator Laura Trifonoff discusses the programâs receipt of funds from a Targeted Community Alternatives to Prison grant during Thursdayâs meeting of the Jefferson County Commissioners. Andrew Grimm
STEUBENVILLE Jefferson County’s drug court program, according to coordinator Laura Trifonoff, is one the state encourages other counties to look at as an example.
The Jefferson County Commissioners, Thursday, heard from Trifonoff and approved the program’s continued participation in a Targeted Community Alternatives to Prison Grant from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Bureau of Community Sanctions.
The county program is set to receive $228,840 from the grant in the 2022-23 fiscal year. It also received funds in the 2018-19 and 2020-21 fiscal years.
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Several area fire departments were dispatched to a fire in a coal bunker at the W.H. Sammis Plant in Stratton at about 8 a.m. Thursday and remained on the scene for several hours to extinguish the fire and secure the scene. Wintersville Fire Chief Rob Herrington said about 100 firefighters from 10 Jefferson County departments and five Columbiana County departments responded after a fire was discovered in equipment used to convey coal to a boiler at the plant. No injuries were reported. (Photo by Warren Scott)
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PLANNING â The Jefferson County Board of Health held a special meeting Monday morning in the Towers building to discuss plans for the health departmentâs first round of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. (Photo by Andrew Grimm)
STEUBENVILLE The Jefferson County Health Department could have its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine this week, which prompted the need for a plan.
The county Board of Health held a special meeting Monday morning in the Towers Building to hash out the details with feedback from employees, local officials and members of the public in attendance.
The health department, according to officials, will be receiving an anticipated 400 doses of the Moderna vaccine.