WHEELING — The city is moving forward with plans to transfer a row of mostly-vacant buildings that it owns on Market Street to two developers interested in rehabilitation. Wheeling City Council’s Development Committee on Tuesday directed city staff to draft a memorandum of understanding ...
CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and other senators called upon Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to put legislation up for a vote to protect the pensions of 1.5 million retired miners. Manchin held a press conference Wednesday morning in front of a room filled with ...
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A West Virginia man was charged Thursday with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol stemming from an April crash that killed his son on Interstate 70 near Washington. Pennsylvania State Police also charged Jonathan Brook Gracey, 52, of Wheeling, ...
CHARLESTON — A state official warned legislators Wednesday that many of West Virginia’s dams are in danger and the conditions of streams could lead to another major flood. The Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding met Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol in Charleston. Lawmakers heard ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Democrat Party’s annual dinner Thursday evening was highlighted by featured speaker Ohio Rep. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire, suggesting they “spend a little more time working to find common ground” with their political opponents for the betterment of the ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Murray Energy Corp. announced Wednesday that the company will have until near the end of the month to make payments to lenders. In early October the coal company announced a forbearance agreement giving them until Oct. 14 to make payments to lenders holding in excess of 50 ...
GLEN DALE – Nine WVU Medicine hospitals, including Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, have earned 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired recognition. Reynolds and the other facilities were recognized as certified level 9, the second highest achievable recognition, on the domestic and ...
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A farming business owned by the family of West Virginia's billionaire governor has received $125,000 in soybean and corn subsidies, the maximum allowed from a federal program meant to help American farmers through the U.S. trade war with China. There is no evidence ...
WHEELING — Beginning next week, motorists can expect more delays on Interstate 70 as Swank Construction begins to divert westbound traffic onto the eastbound side of the highway between the Wheeling Tunnel and the Marion Street exit in Bridgeport. The work is part of the ongoing I-70 ...
Editor's note: The headline and lead of this story have been updated to reflect that the new ice system at WesBanco Arena is modular, not temporary. WesBanco Arena Executive Director Dennis Magruder said the system, which is the same the NHL uses to host its outdoor Winter Classic games, could ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Ohio Environmental Protection Agency officials spoke to city leaders during an executive session Wednesday as part of a special council meeting to discuss the water system and to address the vacant council president’s seat, but two council members opposed the executive ...
WHEELING — While other medical facilities have closed or undergone significant changes, Acuity Specialty Hospital of Ohio Valley continues to provide long-term acute care for area residents. Acuity Specialty Hospital offers inpatient care at three local sites: in the former Belmont Community ...
PITTSBURGH — President Donald Trump will be coming to Pittsburgh next Wednesday. Trump will be the keynote speaker at the Shale Insight conference, a natural gas industry-related event, the Marcellus Shale Coalition reported Wednesday morning. The conference will run Oct. 23-24 at the David ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Randy Gardner toured Belmont College on Wednesday as part of his tour of all of Ohio’s colleges. College President Paul Gasparro took Gardner on a guided tour of facilities and programs. Gardner also met and spoke with some ...
STEUBENVILLE – Ohio’s new Tobacco 21 law takes effect today, raising the age to purchase cigarettes, other tobacco products and alternative nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes and vaping products, from 18 to 21. It also will become illegal to give such products to people under age ...
WASHINGTON, Pa. – A clothing drive will be held Saturday in Washington County, Pennsylvania, for the family whose Wheeling home was destroyed by fire early Tuesday. Ben and Megan Dunaway, and their young son, Keegan, escaped uninjured after a vacant home next door to theirs in the Mozart ...
WHEELING – Preliminary planning for a second interchange at The Highlands is now underway. Ohio County commissioners this month secured a $14 million bond that will cover costs to begin the work, County Administrator Greg Stewart told Ohio County Development Authority members ...
WHEELING — A vacant house in the Mozart section of Wheeling that caught fire early Tuesday had been in violation of the city’s property maintenance code for more than a year and was slated for demolition. The owner of the property at 10 S. Frazier Ave., Stephen Rodocker, was summoned to ...
WHEELING — City-owned properties that once housed the former Keg Und Kraut restaurant in Wheeling are set to be transferred to new developers after a proposed development project didn’t pan out. Wheeling City Council voted to approve a resolution Tuesday to convey the Keg Und Kraut ...
ELEANOR — State officials announced Tuesday the re-branding of a program to help people recovering from drug addiction to receive job training and enter the workforce. Gov. Jim Justice, joined by representatives with the Department of Health and Human Resources, WorkForce West Virginia, the ...