The Morning Call serves a nine-county region of eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey and is the largest circulation newspaper of the Lehigh Valley, the third most populous region of Pennsylvania.

Where 'Cattle Was King' The Green Hills, a rugged, nine-county region of north-central Missouri, is typical of the type of countryside for which the Agricultural Conservation Program was initiated.

On January 1, 1998, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) - the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county region - began operations as BATA.

A study done by the Bay Area Multimedia Partnership, a corporate and government group, estimated last year that new media industry in the nine-county region around San Francisco had more than 2,200 companies employing 62,000 people.

Campbell, Grainger, Morgan and Roane Counties were added to the MSA, making it a nine-county metropolitan region.

Currently, UTMB is certified as a Level I Trauma Center and serves as the lead trauma facility for the nine-county region in southeast Texas, including the Greater Houston area.

Emission levels are checked only in the nine-county metropolitan region and cost $7.

The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG, pronounced Doctor Cog) is a regional planning and inter-governmental coordination organization in a nine-county region.

But the most damage was clearly in the nine-county region of northern New Jersey, particularly in Bound Brook, Manville and Lodi, where some rivers had yet to crest, state and Federal officials said.

UTMB's Emergency Room at John Sealy Hospital is certified as a Level I Trauma Center and serves as the lead trauma facility for the nine-county region in southeast Texas.