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Moundsville Seeking Buyer For Lots Left Empty By Fire

MOUNDSVILLE – The city of Moundsville is seeking requests for proposals for the purchase and redevelopment of downtown building lots left empty following a destructive fire there on March 7, 2025. According to the legal ad, the RFP is for the “sale and mixed-use commercial development of ...

Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge in Federal Court in Wheeling

A Parkersburg man has admitted to possessing methamphetamine in Ohio County with the intent to distribute the drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Harvey said. Jarrett Aaron Moran, 31, pleaded guilty Monday to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Moran ...

Officials Celebrate Form Energy Deal To Help Power Data Center

As the physical footprint and commercial reach of Form Energy’s Weirton plant continues to grow, local officials are reacting to the company’s latest news of opportunity. Form Energy officials announced Tuesday an agreement with Xcel Energy for the deployment of a 300-megawatt and 30 ...

Hills Elementary Students Pack Chemotherapy Care Bags

Students at Hills Elementary School are showing cancer patients how much they care by coming together once again for the annual Chemo Care Bag project. For the past 11 years, Indian Creek Local School District Orton Gillingham Specialist Sarah Hibbits has organized a collection of items that ...

This Week in West Virginia History

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. March 1, 1831: Jackson County was created from parts of Wood, Mason and Kanawha counties and named in honor of Andrew Jackson, the seventh ...