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Working to share our history

STEUBENVILLE — Museums should be about more than just storing things. That's one of the reasons Ed Palombizio is excited about the Jefferson County Historical Association's involvement with a project that is looking to help preserve the stories of Italian immigrants from across the ...

Weirton Council re-examining parking ordinance proposal

WEIRTON – Weirton Council is taking a second look at an ordinance, presented earlier this month and designed to address concerns with the parking and storage of vehicles on unimproved areas, before moving it toward final passage. Council met in a work session Tuesday, deciding to form a ...

Steubenville finance director urges cautious budget approach

STEUBENVILLE — At a time when Steubenville Finance Director Dave Lewis is urging a conservative budget approach, at least two department heads warned City Council Tuesday there are big ticket items on the horizon that are funding musts. Fire Chief Joe Ribar told council they can figure on ...

Advocates respond to rescission of Biden-era Title IX transgender rules

CHARLESTON – After executive orders and decisions by the Supreme Court, the U.S. Department of Education has put back in place specific rules for biological girls and women that groups say will harm transgender girls and women. In an announcement Monday, the Department of Education reestablished rules set in 2020 during the first term of President Donald Trump in federal Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination in education based on sex, putting back in place biological definitions for sex. Among other things, the update formally rescinds Title IX rules set in 2024 by ...

Fired Up: Democratic candidates barnstorm West Virginia ahead of November

CHARLESTON – What started in 2025 as a kitchen table tour morphed this year into a way of bringing Democratic candidates for Congress, the West Virginia Legislature and local offices to the people ahead of the November midterm election. The Democratic caucus in the House of Delegates ...

Hancock County Schools ready to meet Third Grade Success Act requirements

NEW CUMBERLAND — After preparing for the last few years, Hancock County Schools officials say they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the state's Third Grade Success Act. "We have been on a journey with House Bill 3035 for more than four years," explained Erica Sauer, director of ...