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Debt Recovery Solutions of Ohio won the honor of the 15-and-more employee category on Wednesday. The winner for the 14-and-less employee category was DRM Productions Inc. The awards ceremony was hosted by the Richland Area Chamber and Economic Development and live-streamed on its Facebook page due to the pandemic. Chamber President and CEO Jodie Perry […]

Construction of an expansion of Hess Industries, scheduled to be finished in late February, will create an additional 8,800 square feet of space for the tool-and-die manufacturer. Owner Mark Hess said the new floor space will allow his team to appropriately place equipment it's purchased over the years.In April, the company bought a five-axis computer […]

Alex Timm will never forget the day in 2016 when Root Insurance began offering auto policies online with the promise of revolutionizing a staid business in which the youngest top-10 company has been around for 83 years.“Nothing happened,” he recalls. “You’re watching your dash boards, and you’re like, ‘OK it’s live!’ And no one bought […]

Following a lengthy executive session during a special meeting of the Port Authority Board of Directors, the board voted to hire Robert Naylor to fill the position that has been vacant since August of 2019.Naylor, a county resident and current chairman of the board of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, will begin the role […]

Mark Hess credits North Central for providing a great education that he continues to use every day. “NC State has helped shape my career and I continue to pull on things that I learned while attending the college,” Hess says.Hess enrolled in evening classes while working as a tool and die apprentice fulltime during the […]

Root Insurance Co has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N to lead preparations for an initial public offering that could value the provider of auto insurance through mobile apps at around $6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.The listing would make Root the latest technology-powered insurance provider to go public. In May, insurance […]

Skyline Chili’s is world renowned for their delicious Cheese Coney’s and 3-ways, no question. However, in order for the local restaurants to thrive, they need to make an impact in terms of engagement. The Skyline Chili located in Ontario has been around for over 10 years, but as new trends came, and new ways to […]

The Covid-19 pandemic hit manufacturers early, disrupting the supply of raw materials, parts and components from China as early as February. In March, COVID hit the demand side, shutting down the U.S. economy and bringing production at many factories to a halt. In April, the U.S. Purchasing Managers Index registered its biggest drop since the […]

COVID-19 has not stopped the entrepreneurial spirit, despite many Richland County businesses being ordered to close their doors.Mark Hess, of Hess Industries at 108 Sawyer Parkway, and his team have created a new way for doors to open without passing the germs from one's hands on to the door handle's surface."It's a hands-free door handle […]

n 2006, Julianne Klinger was pregnant with her first child with husband Jonathan. They were living in Jonathan’s native England, where midwives urge pregnant women to play music for their unborn babies to promote bonding.Julianne looked for a device that would make it easy to play music to her baby in the womb. There were […]