Jason Combs is the new Timber Management Assistant for the Hoosier National Forest. Combs arrived on the Hoosier last week and has already been out planting American chestnut trees and becoming familiar with his new Forest.  He'll work out of the Tell City office.

Combs is from North Carolina and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Management from Western Carolina University.  He comes to the Hoosier from  the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina.  He previously worked on the Ozark (Arkansas), Pisgah (North Carolina), and Kisatchie (Louisiana) National Forests.  His experience has varied from timber sale preparation to silviculturist (a specialist who manages trees). 

A Boonville woman was critically injured Monday morning when the SUV she was riding in was struck by another vehicle.

The Spencer County Sheriff's Department says the driver of the SUV was heading west on SR 70 when he didn't yield to another SUV driven by Floyd Edward Campbell of Sellersburg heading in the other direction on U.S. 231.

The two vehicles collided and Renee Loving, 48, of Boonville was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville following the crash.

Even though spring is officially underway, Vectren says our April natural gas bill, which reflects March energy consumption, will likely be higher than normal due to March weather that was 32 percent colder than normal and 260 percent colder than March 2012 based on heating degree day data.

“This heating season certainly hung on longer than expected, especially compared to last winter’s very mild temperatures, and as such, furnaces were still running all the way through March,” said Doug Petitt, vice president of marketing and conservation. “While continued lower natural gas costs have made bills more manageable, the April bill will still be higher than expected because the cold weather drove an increase in usage.”