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Marshall Memo: Handing Out Taxpayer Funds; Budgets; and Books

The Marshall County Commission is accepting Community Development Funds now through Feb. 23. This is a grant opportunity offered by county taxpayer funds. The funding level for this year will be $75,000. Once the deadline is over, the requests will be reviewed by a committee. Questions can ...

Group Working for Redemption for Those Less Fortunate

We call them a “homeless person.” Yet even if defined by only those two words, a homeless person is not just homeless, they are also a person. Many in our community, including the city of Wheeling, seem to have forgotten that. The homeless are not faceless strangers. They are someone’s ...

Justice’s State of the State Reflected Well on Time in Office

On Wednesday, Jan. 10, for the last time in his tenure as governor, Jim Justice delivered an occasionally emotional State of the State address to the 1.79 million people who call West Virginia home. As one might expect, Justice’s eighth such address was reflective, prideful, and, ultimately, ...

Homeless Crisis Not Just Happening in Wheeling

I can remember back in 2005 when I was the health officer for the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department. We were debating changing the clean indoor air act to include bars, restaurants and gaming facilities. The overwhelming public health consensus was that secondhand smoke was harmful to your ...

Marshall Memo: A Love for Mathematics; Adult Education; and Birthdays

Students in fourth through 12th grade put their “mathletic” skills to the test during the annual Marshall County Math Field Day competition held recently at Wheeling University. Some 150 students competed in categories ranging from mental math, mental estimation, measurement estimation, and ...

2024 Election Season Is Underway in West Virginia

Fire the metaphorical starter’s pistol, because the 2024 primary and general election season begins now as you are reading this. The candidate filing period for statewide candidates continues through midnight Saturday, Jan. 27. Races on the statewide ballot include: U.S. president, U.S. ...