ORLANDO — Two young women from the Mountain State are stepping into the national spotlight this week as they travel to Orlando, Florida, to represent West Virginia in the Miss America and Miss America’s Teen competitions. Courtney Bearer, 23, of Morgantown, was crowned Miss West Virginia ...

County road work schedule set STEUBENVILLE — Next week’s work schedule for the Jefferson County Highway Department includes: • Chip and seal: County Roads 26 (Fernwood-Bloomingdale Road) and 25 (Smithfield Station-Weems Road) • Spot paving: County Roads 57 (Mount Zion Road) and 75 ...

CHARLESTON — With future federal funding for local public broadcasting stations remaining up in the air, West Virginia Public Broadcasting is working to adapt and be nimble while continuing to provide the state educational programming. Eddie Isom, executive director of West Virginia Public ...

NEW CUMBERLAND — New Cumberland officials may be taking the owners of two properties in the city to court in an effort to address what they say are ongoing concerns of blight. Members of New Cumberland Council, during their meeting Tuesday, agreed to begin the process of action in the 1st ...

BEECH BOTTOM — A portion of site readiness grants announced Friday by Gov. Patrick Morrisey will be put toward future plans for the Beech Bottom Industrial Park. Morrisey announced $525,000 in grants through the state’s Ready Sites Program, to be used for engineering or architectural ...

STEUBENVILLE — Friday’s First Friday on Fourth is designed to bring out the kid in all of us, organizers say. “It’s our second-to-last First Friday for the season, but I think it will be the best,” Marc Barnes of the Harmonium Project said while discussing this month’s theme, ...