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Brooke commissioners considering their preference for bridge project

WELLSBURG – Officials with the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission are continuing their efforts to bring together a concensus on a possible location for a proposed span to replace the Market Street Bridge. Mike Paprocki, BHJ executive director, appeared before Brooke ...

‘Honor America’ highlights importance of helping others, even in danger

STEUBENVILLE — A reminder about the importance of standing up for others was shared Friday morning in the auditorium at Steubenville High School. "Our country has never been perfect, but what makes America special is the people who are willing to stand up, step forward and work to make it ...

Ohio Valley WWII POW’s Remains Coming Home For Final Rest

MOUNDSVILLE -- For Moundsville resident Joe Richmond and his family, this Veterans Day will be even more special. His great uncle Raymond Carl Richmond, a World War II prisoner of war who died in a Japanese camp, will be coming home for his final rest. After 81 years, Raymond Richmond's ...

Opportunity Zone designations in Steubenville, Mingo Junction lauded as game changers

STEUBENVILLE — Local leaders see Steubenville and Mingo Junction’s newly awarded federal opportunity zone status as a chance to spark development and create jobs in a county where both are badly needed. Opportunity zones are economically distressed census tracts where private investors get tax incentives designed to encourage outside investments that will support housing development, business expansion, job creation and community revitalization. The latest iteration of the program, Opportunity Zone 2.0, will be in effect beginning Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2036. “It shows what ...

Former W.Va. governor, U.S. senator Jay Rockefeller dies

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty — and the only Democrat — who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died. He was 89. Rockefeller died Thursday night at his home in Washington, said Mary ...