CHARLESTON — The heads of the three unions representing West Virginia teachers and school service personnel announced a statewide strike will begin today. Representatives from the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, the West Virginia Education Association and the ...
Work to remove debris caused by a mudslide along Ohio 7 in Shadyside is expected to resume today. Meanwhile, efforts to repair a major sewer line break in the city of Martins Ferry continues. The hill slide occurred over the weekend, forcing the closure of both southbound lanes of the ...
WHEELING — All public schools in the Northern Panhandle are closed today due to a statewide work stoppage by teachers and school service personnel that was called abruptly on Monday evening. Unions representing those workers made the move in response to an omnibus education bill pending ...
Ohio County is getting $100,000 to make the outside of the City-County Building look better. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals announced that Ohio County is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the State Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority. The funding is to be used to ...
CHARLESTON — Remaining defiant until the end in the face of an impending teacher strike, the West Virginia Senate amended its education reform package to restore controversial provisions the House of Delegates specifically removed or decreased. The Senate amended Senate Bill 451, the ...
Wheeling City Council today will consider leasing city-owned land on Wheeling Island to help the House of the Carpenter complete a $2 million construction project. Council will hold a public hearing at its meeting at 5:30 p.m. today on a plan to temporarily lease city-owned property, the site ...
WHEELING — A current deal allowing patients to pay only half of their outstanding bills at Ohio Valley Medical Center and East Ohio Regional Hospital is a “win-win” situation for all parties, hospital officials contend. Karin Janiszewski, director of marketing and public relations at ...
Photo by Joselyn King Marti Starkey of Wheeling joins other members of Marchers Ohio Valley Empowered, or MOVE, on Monday afternoon for a planned march from the Stone Center along Market Street in Wheeling to West Virginia Independence Hall. Organizers called on Congress to take action ...
WHEELING — The new executive director of Russell Nesbitt Services says workshops for the disabled couldn’t operate if they were forced to pay all disabled workers minimum wage. Monday was Jane Ketcham’s first day on the job at Russell Nesbitt. It was also the day the West Virginia ...
CHARLESTON — The nearly decade-long effort to create an intermediate appeals court beneath the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals took a step forward Monday. The state Senate passed Senate Bill 266, the West Virginia Appellate Reorganization Act, 17-16 Monday morning. “There is one ...
CHARLESTON - Remaining defiant until the end in the face of an impending teacher strike, the West Virginia Senate amended back into its education reform package controversial items the house specifically removed or decreased. The senate amended Senate Bill 451, the education omnibus bill, ...
All Northern Panhandle school districts will be closed Tuesday after the heads of the teachers and school service personnel unions authorized a strike over Senate changes to the omnibus education bill.
CHARLESTON - The heads of the three unions representing teachers and school service personnel announced the start of a statewide strike starting Tuesday. Representatives from West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, the West Virginia Education Association, and the West ...
CHARLESTON - The nearly decade-long effort to create an intermediate appeals court underneath the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals took one step closer to creation Monday. The state Senate passed Senate Bill 266, the West Virginia Appellate Reorganization Act, 17-16 Monday morning. ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday. White House senior adviser Stephen Miller told ...
The Health Plan was honored by the Fort Henry Chapter of The Sons of the American Revolution recently for its highly visible display of the U.S. flag on the first anniversary of the business’ relocation to downtown Wheeling. Jim Pennington, The Health Plan president and CEO, accepted a flag ...
WHEELING — Downtown Wheeling may see the addition of several new parking meters after the city’s Traffic Commission voted to remove three loading zones at its most recent meeting. In a unanimous vote, the commission approved a request to remove commercial loading zones and replace them ...
The village of Bethesda is paving the way for residents to have a better place to enjoy outdoor recreation. Epworth Park, also known as the Garden of Oaks, in the center of Bethesda is in the process of upgrading and paving its walking trail and replacing bridges on the trail that cross the ...
BELLAIRE — First came the news of St. John Central High School’s future closure. The following week, it was announced that the village’s longtime medical center, Belmont Community Hospital, also is set to be shut down. Those developments have left many Bellaire residents wondering ...
Ohioans with a suspended driver’s license have the opportunity to have their reinstatement fees reduced or forgiven and get back on the road. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles began offering a fee debt reduction and waiver program on Jan. 31 for offenders whose driver’s licenses have been ...