Youngstown

Inside Ursa Major's Hypersonic Engine Internships

Berthoud – October 23, 2026 -- Aerospace company Ursa Major put its Summer 2026 interns on hypersonic engine testing, manufacturing and event planning, and internships for 2027 will open later this year.

Interns worked across the company's Berthoud, Youngstown and Washington, D.C. locations alongside experienced professionals.

A physics graduate turned an internship into a full-time job

Trey Lustenberger joined as a Configuration Intern after earning a physics bachelor's degree at the University of Colorado Boulder. He now works as a Configuration Engineer. His favorite project was the drawing for the Draper Block 1 As-Tested Tooling Kit. “It excites me knowing I had the opportunity to work on a product that could potentially see the testbed and fly,” he said.

Youngstown Orthopaedic Joins Cleveland Clinic on Nov. 1

Youngstown, Ohio – October 16, 2026 -- Patients of Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates (YOA) will become Cleveland Clinic patients on November 1, 2026, when the practice officially joins the health system. The practice says it does not expect any interruption in care.

Dr. James D. Solmen retires October 31

Dr. James D. Solmen will retire from medicine effective October 31, 2026, after a career serving patients throughout the Mahoning Valley. Patients who saw him can continue their care with one of the practice's other orthopaedic physicians or podiatrists. The practice also apologized to Dr. Solmen for an earlier letter that wrongly listed his middle initial as "R."