FOLLANSBEE — Friends and colleagues of Antoinette Perkins are remembering her as a special person who was dedicated to her profession and students in Brooke County schools. "Antoinette was a valued and treasured teacher and educator. She led many student groups when she was a teacher," Dr. ...
CHARLESTON — Thirty-eight thousand acres of West Virginia forestland will remain permanently protected under what the West Virginia Land Trust is calling the largest private conservation project in state history. The Land Trust has finalized five conservation easements covering land in Monroe, Summers and Fayette counties, with additional acreage in Nicholas and Greenbrier counties. The easements require the land to remain forested, allow sustainable timber management and protect 81 miles of streams and rivers. "This project is extraordinary not only because of its size, but because ...
STEUBENVILLE — Serving the public and building partnerships are important to Wes Crawford. That's part of the message Crawford, who was sworn in as Steubenville's police chief on July 21, shared Tuesday afternoon while speaking with members of the Steubenville Kiwanis Club at the Sycamore ...
WELLSBURG – Brooke County commissioners continue to receive requests for a share of the county's opioid settlement appropriations, receiving three more applications in recent days. Commissioners, during their meeting Tuesday, also heard from representatives of one of the groups which ...
STEUBENVILLE — Utilities Director Jim Jenkins warned council Tuesday the days when they could kick the can down the road to avoid hiking water and wastewater rates are long past. Jenkins said without a significant influx of revenue, wastewater could slide into the danger zone, while the water department’s fiscal recovery is fragile. Both departments have a long list of improvements that must be made, including upgrades needed to comply with environmental mandates and consent decrees. He said the 3% rate increases and $1-per-service infrastructure fees taking effect in October are ...
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s political leaders were quick to praise a move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to roll back Biden-era rules limiting emissions by electric power plants in the state and across the nation, though advocates for clean air warned about the health ...
