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West Virginia Early Voting Starts Wednesday

WHEELING – Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election starts Wednesday across West Virginia. Early polls open Wednesday, Oct. 21 and voting continues weekdays and Saturdays through Oct. 31. There is no voting on Sundays. In Ohio County, the public may cast ballots from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ...

Story and Video: Youth Services System Opens New Recovery Homes In Wheeling

WHEELING – Those needing drug recovery services now have updated residences to build new routines while living alongside peers living with the same issues. Youth Services System has relocated two of its state-certified recovery homes in Wheeling into newly constructed manufactured homes ...

W.Va. Public Schools See Second-Largest Enrollment Drop Since COVID

CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s 55 county public school districts saw their largest combined drop in student enrollment since the period spanning the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to numbers released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Education, the fall headcount ...

Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department warns of potential measles exposure

The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department (WOCHD) says it has been informed that an individual who was at the WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Emergency Department on Saturday, Oct. 17 has tested positive for measles. The individual is not from Ohio County or West Virginia. For privacy ...

Get Rid Of Unwanted Prescriptions During Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

MOUNDSVILLE — People who have old unwanted prescriptions clogging up their medicine cabinets can dispose of them safely during the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at locations across the Ohio Valley. The West Virginia First Foundation, which is the ...