June 26, 2024, Press Release from the U.S. Department of the Interior: WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today awarded $126.7 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, New York and Ohio to address legacy pollution. Orphaned oil and gas wells are polluting backyards, recreation areas, and community spaces across the country. Many of these wells pose serious health and safety threats to the air we breathe and water we drink by contaminating surface and groundwater, releasing toxic air pollutants, and leaking methane – a “super pollutant” that is a significant cause of climate change and many times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Plugging orphaned wells supports broader Biden-Harris administration efforts under the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan.  With this funding, the five states will collectively plug nearly 600 wells and inventory additional undocumented orphaned wells in preparation for future plugging activities. These investments to address hazardous sites will help create good-paying union jobs, catalyze economic growth and revitalization, help protect public health and the environment from harmful methane leaks, and advance environmental justice.  

ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - It was another successful cleanup program from the city of Lima.

The Delphos Canal Commission held their annual canal cleanup on Saturday. The clean-up is part of an effort to maintain the canal, and its history to the City of Delphos. 

Lima residents had one last chance to participate in an effort to clean up the city.

The Village of Ottawa held a clean up event of their own on Saturday in order to beautify Arrowhead Park. The Ottawa Greenspace Development Committee scheduled a clean up event on Saturday for a total of five hours. 

A clean up event has been two years in the making.  The Ottawa River Cleanup is usually an event that happens every year in the city of Lima

Ella B's Mental Health Home opened back in 2020. The home provides meals, shelter, and anything a person struggling with mental health might need. The residence is located at 621 Michael Avenue in Lima. Throughout Friday, community members came together in order to give the location a new look, throwing away unwanted items, painting the walls a new color, as well as general house maintenance.

Reineke Family Dealerships spent Saturday morning cleaning a section of a commonly traveled roadway in Lima. Reineke team members as well as volunteers cleaned up Sugar Street between Bluelick Road and State Route 81.

A neighborhood clean up event was held at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Lima. The Lima-Allen County Neighborhoods in Partnership (LACNIP) and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Neighborhood Association hosted the event.