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Local Counties Ready For Election Day

Today is Election Day across the nation and local election officials say they are prepared. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. in both West Virginia and Ohio. On Monday, election workers…

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Expand Energy, Community Foundation Team Up To Award STEM Grants

WHEELING – Some local teachers on Monday received a boost for their science programs courtesy of Expand Energy and the Community Foundation of the Ohio Valley. Together the partnership awarded 31 grants to science educators for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs they provide in their classrooms. Collectively, these grants totaled $57,389. They…

Obituaries

ALMA SAMPSON

Alma Lavone Sampson, 94 of Cameron, WV passed away on October 31, 2026 in WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale. Lavone was born to Clay and Lillian (Gorby) Frye on March 22, 1932. She was a lifelong resident of Cameron. She was married to Kenneth Sampson and together they raised one son…

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If You Haven't Voted Yet, Now Is The Time To Go

Today is the day. If you have not already done so, it is time to weigh in on decisions that will affect every level of our government. From our schools and libraries to the U.S. Senate, what is decided today could be felt for years to come. It seems as though the sense of…

Local Columns

John McCabe: Take A Walk And Witness Wheeling's Resurgence

Downtown Wheeling has come a long way in the past two decades. Sometimes, though, you have to take a walk to appreciate just how far. It wasn’t all that long ago that downtown, after the work day ended, emptied out. I’ll always recall the infamous line about how you could shoot a cannonball down…

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