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REGION

EIO project manager to speak at program

YOUNGTOWN — Nancy Horton, project manager for Energy Industries Ohio (EIO), will speak on the development of Ohio’s advanced-materials supplier base for clean coal, nuclear power, advanced energy and defense applications Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Youngstown Business Incubator, 241 W. Federal St.

The program is free, but reservations are appreciated. Call Julie Michael Smith, chief development officer, Youngstown Business Incubator at (330) 259-7644.

Innovation Series is a networking and educational forum sponsored by the Advanced Manufacturing Initiative, a program of Youngstown State University’s College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and the Youngstown Business Incubator.

Community taking control of airport

WILMINGTON, Ohio — An Ohio community is taking control of an airport abandoned by package delivery company DHL Express.

DHL is donating the Wilmington Air Park to officials in Clinton County near Cincinnati. The community hopes to attract new businesses to the site.

About 8,000 jobs have been lost at the airport since DHL announced in May 2008 that it was pulling out and moving operations to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Wilmington Mayor David Raizk is part of the community’s redevelopment task force. He says businesses are interested in the air park, but it would be premature to talk about potential tenants.

Raizk said the former airport employees are highly skilled, and he hopes former DHL workers will get new jobs at the site.

NATION

Chevron to cut jobs in move to shrink refining

NEW YORK — Chevron Corp. plans to shrink its international refining business in a move that will cut jobs throughout the company.

Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, did not say how many of its employees will be affected and whether the job cuts will be focused in the U.S.

A company spokesman told The Associated Press that Chevron would make a more detailed announcement in March.

Chevron, headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., said it is making the change because the number of refineries has increased around the world while demand for petroleum has dropped in many countries.

Staff and wire reports