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LISBON - Columbiana County is expected to benefit from nearly $12 million in federal stimulus money awarded Ohio to help the poor and unemployed obtain high-speed Internet service and train them how to use it.

Cleveland-based OneCommunity was recipient of the $11.7 million stimulus money awarded this week through the U.S. Department of Commerce. OneCommunity will direct $3.1 million of that amount to ACCEL, a Zanesville non-profit with which it partnered to administer the two-year program to 10 Appalachian counties, including Columbiana County...