- October 11, 2021
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WKBN.com
by: Dave Sess
(WKBN) – There are 36,000 realtors in Ohio, and one stands out this year.
Debbie Barber won the local Realtor of the Year award for the Youngstown Columbiana Association, and she was picked as the Ohio Realtor of the Year.
The award recognizes outstanding service as well as community involvement.
Barber’s win is the first time anyone can remember a Youngstown Columbiana Association Realtor winning the state award.
“It’s such a feeling that I can’t describe. Just like when I was announced, I was so overwhelmed with joy that I couldn’t speak,” Barber said. “It’s an honor for me to represent my area. It’s just really something special.”
Barber’s win comes for the Youngstown Columbiana association representing 720 realtors, while trumping the bigger groups around Columbus, Cleveland or Cincinnati, which have thousands of members.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)– The Asian American Pacific Islander community in Ohio leads that state in being vaccinated against COVID-19 by double digits.
In the Spring when vaccinations became available to everyone, the AAPI community led the state in vaccinations by around 10 points. That gap has now widened even more with 88% of Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander people and 68% of Asian people have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Ohio Department of Health data. Statewide, 55% of all Ohioans have done the same.
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CLEVELAND (WJW) – More than 58,000 Ohioans have entered for a chance to win thousands of dollars in scholarships through the new Ohio Vax-2-School initiative so far.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley earned high distinction for the sixth year in a row.
They were given a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent non-profit evaluator.
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