Apprenticeship program offered

Apprenticeship program offered

BOARDMAN

The Ironworkers Joint Apprenticeship Program is accepting applications for a new class of iron workers. Applications must be received no later than Sept. 30 for the class.

Upon completion of the four-year apprenticeship program, the current pay rate for journeymen iron workers is $28.06 per hour with an additional $23.85 in benefits.

People interested can get an application by visiting the iron workers website at www.iw207.com or in person at Iron Workers Training Center, 698 Bev Road. The phone number is 330-726-9421. Applicants must be at least 18, include transcripts of high school grades or GED test scores, a valid driver’s license and a Military Service Certificate of Completion (DD-214) if applicable. Applicants must be physically capable of performing work of the trade, be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and have their own transportation.

2 new mines planned

cheyenne, wyo.

Mines are closing and the coal industry is facing a run of bankruptcies and other bad news, but a company backed by a $90 million investment is defying conventional wisdom by preparing to open two new mines in Appalachia, the hardest-hit coal region.

The mines in West Virginia and Virginia will create some 400 jobs in counties where unemployment ranges close to three times the national average, Ramaco Development CEO Randall Atkins told The Associated Press. This coal won’t be used for electricity but for steel manufacturing.

Newton slams resorts

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico

Hurricane Newton shattered windows, downed trees and knocked out power in parts of the twin resorts of Los Cabos on Tuesday, but residents were spared the kind of extensive damage seen two years ago when they were walloped by Hurricane Odile.

Newton made landfall at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula in the morning as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph, pelting the area with torrential rain as residents hunkered down in their homes and tourists huddled in hotels.

Woman who got 1st face transplant dies

PARIS

Isabelle Dinoire, a Frenchwoman who received the world’s first partial face transplant, has died more than a decade after a complex and daring operation that set the stage for dozens of similar transplants worldwide. She was 49.

Her life with a new face was a miracle to many, but also was marred by infections, kidney trouble and hypertension linked to her treatment. In announcing her death Tuesday, the Amiens University Hospital in northern France said Dinoire’s experience “illustrates perfectly the high stakes of face transplants.”

The hospital said Dinoire died in April, but didn’t announce it until Tuesday because the family wanted to mourn privately.

After being severely disfigured by her pet Labrador, Dinoire was given a new nose, chin and lips in a ground-breaking, 15-hour operation in 2005.

Staff/wire reports