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Slideshow: Leadership Wheeling Spruces Up Downtown

Photos by Derek Redd Gloomy, chilly Thursday morning weather wasn't about to deter the Leadership Wheeling Class of 2026 from completing its class project, a clean-up day around downtown Wheeling. Members donned gloves and wielded grabbers to pick up cigarette butts, paper and other ...

West Virginia Northern Community College Holds 2026 Commencement

There is more in common between an NFL veteran and a West Virginia Northern Community College graduate than one might assume, said the NFL veteran and Wheeling native who spoke before West Virginia Northern Community College graduates Thursday evening. C.J. Goodwin of the Dallas Cowboys said ...

Appalachian Christmas Brings Thrifting Opportunity To Flood Survivors

TRIADELPHIA — It has been 11 months since flooding struck the towns of Triadelphia and Valley Grove. Now survivors rebuilding their homes are invited to a “Feather Your Nest” event to select free furniture and household items they may need to make their current residences feel more comfortable and home-like. The thrifting opportunity is set for 1-7 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at 5818 National Road in Triadelphia. The event has been organized by the Appalachian Christmas Project. The Wheeling-based organization is an all-volunteer initiative that provides food, ...

DOJ Calls for Rejection Of Motion To Dismiss Voter Registration Case

CHARLESTON - The U.S. Department of Justice said in a legal filing Thursday that it has the right to access unredacted voter registration files held by the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office. Attorneys for the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a memorandum Thursday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in response to a motion filed at the end of April by attorneys for Secretary of State Kris Warner, which sought to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the DOJ seeking unredacted voter registration files. Harmeet K. Dhillon, a U.S. assistant attorney ...