Gov. Jim Justice today has announced a statewide initiative to study preparedness because of increases in the delta variant infections and whether residents will need a booster shot. A hundred cases of the more contagious delta variant have been found in West Virginia, Justice said. The ...
WHEELING — Bids on construction work on the new Wheeling Police Department headquarters were opened Wednesday, and city leaders said they were eager to see renovations commence on a project that has been in the planning stages for years. During the most recent meeting of Wheeling City ...
Crocs, boots, and sandals were the fashion of the day near Oglebay Park Wednesday for a Stream Search, a program offered through the park’s Schrader Environmental Education Center. Around a dozen people from a couple of families tread carefully through the ankle-deep water of Waddles Run, a ...
Responders from the OR&W Fire District rescued a man from a potentially deadly situation Wednesday afternoon. “We had a worker who was digging a trench and the trench fell in on him,” Fire Chief Dave Lenz said. “They were digging for a sewer line, the contractor. He was buried up to ...
WHEELING — Growing up means new experiences and learning to grow things for youths in Laughlin Memorial Chapel’s Wild Farm program. On Wednesday, the children set up their own farmers market outside the Public Market along 14th Street in downtown Wheeling, and began marketing the produce ...
CHARLESTON — After months of negotiations, first with U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and later with a group including U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a procedural vote on a bipartisan infrastructure framework passed Wednesday night with more than the 10 Republican votes needed to begin ...
