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Follansbee Issues Reminder Of Upcoming Garbage Changes

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FOLLANSBEE – New garbage collection regulations are set to go into effect in Follansbee at the end of the month, and city officials are reminding residents and businesses to make sure they are prepared. City Manager Chris Manack-Stover said letters have been sent to the community explaining the pending changes, which include an increase in rates approved by Follansbee Council earlier this year. “People have been notified,” she said during the Aug. 3 Council-as-a-whole meeting. Copies of the information also will be available at the Follansbee City Building and the city’s ...

Poor communication clouds TANF funding debate

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The issues raised about structural deficits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program since May and the pivot to accusations of fraud in the School Clothing Allowance program could be taught as a master class in how not to communicate. Let's start with May, when Gov. Patrick Morrisey first announced the TANF structural deficit. I've frequently written about this, but in short: An influx of federal COVID-era dollars flooded into state TANF programs, causing TANF-funded programs to expand and sizable TANF carryover funds to accumulate. When the federal COVID dollars dried ...

Brenda Miller Stepping Down As Ohio County Clerk of Courts

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WHEELING – Brenda Miller has served more than 27 years as circuit court clerk in Ohio County, but now she finds family needs to be a higher priority. Miller, 65, recently announced she would step down from her long-time elected office effective Aug. 28. Her six-year term extends through the ...

SLIDESHOW: Clouds Clear and Music Soars at BluesFest

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WHEELING – Thousands of music lovers flocked to Heritage Port this weekend as the 25th Heritage Music BluesFest delivered a weekend packed with live music and more. Fans from the Ohio Valley joined visitors from more than two dozen states across the nation in the Friendly City for the ...