Dayton

With more recent regulatory scrutiny to PFAS chemicals, the Dayton region’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is trying to mitigate community exposure from its historic use of these compounds.

Dayton completed an archaeological survey of a site known as Lichliter Village, formerly settled by Native Americans over 1,000 years ago. The artifacts found are now in the care of the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.

Since 2019, Ethnosh Dayton has been highlighting the region's immigrant-owned restaurants through monthly meetups.

The Montgomery County Jail Coalition hosted a rally with families whose loved ones have died in county custody within the last two years.

The Schockman Lumber Group acquired the Requarth Lumber Company. Its history includes sales of lumber to the Wright brothers and surviving Dayton's 1913 flood.

Opening night takes place on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:05 p.m. against the Fort Wayne TinCaps.

Dayton's first utility-scale solar project will bring new life to a site that hasn't been used since the Sherwin Williams warehouse fire in 1987.

Ohio has seen over $10 billion in investments and 14,000 new clean energy jobs since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. However, a new budget reconciliation bill could lead to a repeal of IRA tax credits, leading some policy experts, politicians, and workers to fear for Ohio’s economy.

Due to under-investment and invasive tree pests, Dayton's tree cover has shrunk over the last 20 years. But some local organizations like Conscious Connect and the Montgomery County Land Bank have been working in recent years to increase trees.

Montgomery County hasn’t raised customer rates since 2022. But officials say rate increases might carry over to the county’s 230,000 water customers if the dispute isn’t resolved.

Looking at 2024, Dayton Mayor Jeffrey Mims highlighted the arrival of companies like the Sierra Nevada Corp. and Diné Development Corp., 28 new businesses and over 300 housing units downtown.

Regenerate Garden Company is parking its truck for landscaping maintenance in urban and suburban Dayton neighborhoods to cut back on emissions. It will use a bicycle services to meet its neighborhoods where they are and provide regenerative landscaping services.