A $15 million grant from the federal government will help Ohio create more than 1,000 temporary jobs for efforts to clean up and recover from severe storms that battered the state last summer in late June and early July. The U.S. Department of Labor initially announced a grant for up to $21 million last fall but released only $6 million of that for hundreds of temporary jobs. The department says the $15.4 million newly announced for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services represents the rest of the award. The money is meant to aid cleanup in 19 counties, mostly in southeastern Ohio. Those areas are Athens, Belmont, Gallia, Guernsey, Hancock, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry, Putnam, Vinton, and Washington counties.
Mike Foley joined WCBE in February 2000, coming from WUFT in Gainesville, Florida. Foley has worked in various roles, from producing news and feature stories to engineering Live From Studio A sessions. A series of music features Foley started in 2018 called Music Journeys has grown into a podcast and radio show. He also assists in developing other programs in WCBE's Podcast Experience. Foley hosts The Morning Mix, a weekday music show featuring emerging and established musicians, our Columbus-area and Ohio-based talent, and additional artists that inspire him.