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Officials offer reminder of upcoming election dates

WEIRTON – With the general election just over one month away, election officials are offering voters a reminder of some important dates leading up to them being able to cast their votes. Residents still wishing to register to vote, or change their party affiliation, have until Oct. 13 to ...

Jefferson Co. Land Bank closes on affordable home

STEUBENVILLE — Tabatha Glover likes to think of the Jefferson County Land Bank's Welcome Home Ohio program as a way to change communities, one house at a time. The state-funded WHO program provides grants to land banks and other qualified agencies or nonprofits interested in revitalizing ...

Our Place organizers ask commissioners for levy funds

STEUBENVILLE — A week after UPMC executives told Jefferson County commissioners they’re prepared to oversee the Prime Time senior program, organizers of the Our Place program asked commissioners for a big chunk of the county senior service's levy’s near $2.2 million-a-year revenue pool ...

W.Va. backs out of consideration for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus

CHARLESTON — After being selected earlier in September to participate in a new nuclear energy program, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and state energy officials submitted a letter Wednesday night declining to proceed after the governor said the state would not be a dumping ground for waste. The ...

Education West Virginia expresses concern over leave policy proposal

NEW CUMBERLAND – While noting they had been informed proposed changes to Hancock County Schools' leave policy were not set in stone, representatives of Education West Virginia are urging school officials to take care in what amendments are made. Lisa Summers, the association's field ...