The Social House in Lima is marking its one-year anniversary by using the celebration to support two local nonprofits fighting food insecurity.
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Ohio Northern University (ONU) and Cenovus Energy Inc. announced a strategic partnership designed to enhance educational resources and career pathways for students in the T.J. Smull College of Engineering.
Cenovus officials say increased noise and flaring at the Lima refinery are due to units restarting, assuring that safety remains their top priority.
Representatives from America 250-Ohio, the state commission charged with planning Ohio’s part in the nation’s Semiquincentennial celebration, visited Lima on Friday to help plant a white oak tree at Lima Stadium Park.
In an effort to build a job-ready workforce for various industries in the region, free training will be offered for a process operations certificate.
Lima Refining Company is responding to a release of gasoline vapors from a tank vent, which contributed to benzene readings in an isolated area for a short time. Shawnee Township Fire Department and EMA are on the scene. As a precautionary measure, community members were asked to avoid Buckeye Road. That road has since been opened. There may be an odor; local air quality is being monitored. There are no detectable readings at this time. There has been no directive from local authorities or Lima Refinery to alter daily activities. Activities can continue as normal. “There is no shelter-in-place order, no danger to the public,” stated Shawnee Township Fire Chief Austin Miller.
The Allen Lima Leadership class gets a hands-on lesson about the importance of keeping our waterways clean. The class joined the Ottawa River Coalition to collect samples from the river to see what's living in it. The health of the river can be determined by the different insects and animals that are found living there. The environment is just one of the topics the Allen Lima Leadership group will study during their year-long class.
Ohio is asking communities around the state to throw their own Homecoming & Picnic to celebrate the United States' Semiquincentennial.
The Lima refinery will be paying millions of dollars in penalties and upgrades for violations of the Clean Air Act. The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Cenovus Energy to pay 19 million dollars in civil penalties for benzene and volatile organic compound emissions. The energy company must also implement an estimated 150 million dollars in capital improvements to reduce emissions of benzene by 4.3 tons per year, other hazardous air pollutants by 16 tons per year, and other volatile organic compound emissions by 219 tons per year.
ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A partnership between the Ohio State University at Lima and Cenovus Energy Lima Refinery will put a boost in the eng…