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Local Governments Address Budgets, High Gas Prices

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WHEELING – As gas prices took a drastic jump in recent weeks, so did the hit on the budgets of local cities, counties and school districts. Some officials say they aren’t worried yet about the added expense, as the cost of gasoline was lower than expected most of the year and was coming in ...

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WPD Investigates Death On Wheeling Island The Wheeling Police Department is investigating a death on Wheeling Island, according to spokesman Philip Stahl. Around 7:40 a.m. Friday, Wheeling Police were called to the 300 block of South Huron Street on Wheeling Island for a report of an ...

House Passes Tax Cut, Senate Approves Pay Raises

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CHARLESTON – With the 2026 legislative session ending at midnight Saturday, the House of Delegates spent nearly two hours Friday rejecting all but one amendment to a bill to provide a 5% tax cut to West Virginians, while the state Senate added locality pay to a 4% pay raise bill. The House ...

Report: Ohio Housing Gap Growing

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The National Low Income Housing Coalition, or NLIHC, released its annual report on the affordable housing shortage with Ohio coming in with a shortage of 266,000 affordable and available units. The Gap report found that about half of the state’s renters are paying more than they can ...

U.S. Military: All 6 Crew Members On Refueling Plane Dead

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WASHINGTON (AP) — All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed while supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said the crash in western Iraq on Thursday followed an unspecified ...