Zaria Johnson
Reporter/ProducerZaria Johnson is a reporter/producer at Ideastream Public Media covering the environment.
She is a Cleveland native and 2022 graduate of Kent State University. Previously, she interned with The Columbus Dispatch, The Land and Akron Life Magazine. Prior to graduation she worked as editor-in-chief of Kent State's student publications The Kent Stater/KentWired and UHURU Magazine.
She is passionate about community engagement and community-based reporting, especially on topics relating to the environment and marginalized communities.
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Christmas tree farms across Ohio are still catching up to an increase in demand fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, which could mean more of a challenge when it comes to finding that perfect tree in 2023. -
Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and Lorain County Commissioner John Hamercheck expressed conflicting views on the agency's procedure for reviewing the contract. The disagreement was fueled by letters exchanged between both parties ahead of Friday's board meeting.
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The board approved the election of 11 board members to two-year terms on its revamped Community Advisory Committee with plans to select four additional members in 2024.
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Sidewalks will be added to Lander Road, South Woodland Road and Shaker Boulevard to improve safety and accessibility to the outdoors and other amenities for Pepper Pike residents.
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Most of the 360-degree maps will be reserved for the sewer district's internal use, but project partner Terrain 360 will publish a publicly available map of the Cuyahoga River online.
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Levies passed to support park funding in Portage County, Lorain County and Mentor-City-on-the-Lake, and in Pepper Pike residents voted in favor of a sidewalk project.
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Northeast Ohioans should be prepared for more flooding, lake effect snow, and even ongoing smoke from wildfires across the country with climate change effects expected to worsen.
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Portage County voters are being asked to consider a new 10-year levy for the Portage Park District which would increase funding for the district to more than $4.5 million per year.
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A strike by Canadian lock workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway has shut down the transportation route that connects the Port of Cleveland to the Atlantic Ocean. 350 unionized lock workers went on strike Sunday over the lack of progress on a new contract with the company that runs the seaway.
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Through the program, a 91-acre parcel in Mentor that was privately owned will soon be a public, urban forest that can help remove thousands of tons of carbon from the atmosphere.
