Orange barrel season returns to Portage, Summit counties - Amanda Smith. Orange barrel season is coming to Portage and Summit counties. Officials say drivers should expect delays, shifting traffic patterns and stepped-up enforcement – and should put down the phone while driving on state highways.
- Submitted. This voter’s guide is a joint venture of The Portager and the League of Women Voters of Kent and Northern Portage County.
- Submitted. This voter’s guide is a joint venture of The Portager and the League of Women Voters of Kent and Northern Portage County.
- Submitted. This voter’s guide is a joint venture of The Portager and the League of Women Voters of Kent and Northern Portage County. The candidates portion is divided by political affiliation of the candidates.
- Mary Louise Ruehr. With NASA’s Artemis moon project in the headlines, I thought it would be fun to look at a few imagined off-Earth futures. I wouldn’t claim to be a diehard fan of science fiction, but I do like a good story set on another planet or aboard a spaceship, such as Mary Doria Russell’s “The Sparrow” or Andy Weir’s “The Martian” and “Project Hail Mary.” Plenty of recent books fall into this category, but many are part of long-running series, and I didn’t want to jump into one already established. These novels are all firsts or standalones.
- Letter to the editor. Right now, Ohioans are facing a difficult political landscape where our civil rights are constantly under attack by our own state legislature. But we have a powerful tool to fight back and protect our communities: the citizen-led ballot initiative.
- Op-Ed Contributor. The following is a commentary on the dangers that plastics pose in our everyday life. It is being presented by The Kent Environmental Council in cooperation with The Portager, to help inform the community on current environmental topics.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Shirley Mars. As of April 20, there will be a new chief in town! Captain Christopher Adkins will become Brimfield’s interim police chief, pending an employment agreement to offer him the full-time position.
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- Wendy DiAlesandro. Instead of approving an outright ban of solar and wind farms in eight townships, Portage County’s Board of Commissioners have opted to consider them on a case-by-case basis.
- Roger Gordon. “We’re just in the infancy stages,” Eldreth said. “Data centers are becoming real popular, so we’re just trying to figure out how to zone them.”
- Staff Report. Daniel Lajack, a former Portage County Sheriff's deputy who retired Sept. 28, 2025 was three months in jail for detaining an immigrant he thought was in the U.S. illegally, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. County officials were told last month Congressman Dave Joyce’s office had scored $2 million in U.S. EPA grant money to help property owners in Ravenna Township’s Chinn Allotment, but who will get how much remains a mystery.