ST. CLAIRSVILLE — An area business is looking to help other small businesses get seen. Willow Creek Group LLC founder Blake Porterfield created a web application that provides a free online audit showing how businesses perform online and what people see when they search for those ...
WELLSBURG — The West Virginia Public Service Commission has offered mediation concerning a fee dispute over sanitary fees involving a local community. According to information provided by the PSC, the Brooke County Public Service District filed a formal complaint against the City of Wellsburg on July 28 concerning a sanitary rate increase adopted by the city in December 2024. The increase included the city’s resale rate and was implemented through a three-step process over a 14-month period. The PSD is a customer of the city, transmitting its wastewater collections to the Wellsburg ...
WELLSBURG — Citing concerns about overcrowding and a desire to improve visibility, Brooke County officials are drafting plans to implement a foster program at the county animal shelter. Prosecuting Attorney Allison Cowden, during Tuesday’s meeting of the Brooke County Commission, announced she had developed a draft proposal — including an application and foster agreement documents — for review. Cowden complimented shelter Director Donna DeJaro and Assistant Director Abbie Pelletier for raising the profile of the shelter, noting they have been taking in more animals in search of ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Guy Brand was found incompetent to stand trial Monday afternoon by Belmont County Common Pleas Judge John Vavra. Brand was arrested in May following a police pursuit that ended when he allegedly struck a Richland Township police vehicle. The vehicle Brand was driving ...
WHEELING — YWCA Wheeling has announced new leadership within its board of directors, naming Alex Weld as board president and Janet Hewitt as vice president. Weld serves as project outreach specialist at FirstEnergy, where she leads stakeholder engagement for major infrastructure projects, working at the intersection of energy, community development and public engagement. She previously served as executive director of Generation West Virginia, advancing workforce and leadership initiatives across the state, and as executive director of Wheeling Heritage, where she led nationally ...
WEIRTON — Work has begun to stabilize and rehabilitate the former Elks Lodge building in Weirton. The Weirton Elks Lodge 1801, part of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, closed in 2022, with the property taken over by the City of Weirton in 2025. Earlier this year, Weirton Council ...
