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Hancock County voters approve levies

NEW CUMBERLAND — Voters in Hancock County, West Virginia overwhelmingly showed support for two levies in Tuesday’s election. According to unofficial results, the county’s new levy in support of the Hancock County Animal Shelter received approval from 68.55% of voters, with 2,955 voting for the levy and 1,356 voting against. The levy, designed to raise $300,000 per year over a four-year period, was approved by commissioners to go before voters last November. Under the levy call, taxes would be assessed at a rate of 0.7378 cents for every $100 of assessed value on Class I ...

Weirton Water Board appointment pulled during council meeting

WEIRTON — A nomination for a seat on the Weirton Area Water Board was pulled from the agenda of Monday’s City Council meeting after the candidate decided to withdraw from consideration over the weekend. Among Monday’s business items set to be considered by City Council was the ...

‘America and Art – Celebrating Our 250th Founding Through Art’ to go on display in Weirton

WEIRTON — The Top of West Virginia Arts Council invites artists to show their interpretation of the nation’s founding and history through their work. “America and Art — Celebrating Our 250th Founding Through Art” caters to visual artists working in any medium. Each artist may submit up to four pieces of original work. No prints or mass-produced works will be accepted. Participants must be 18 or older and may submit their pieces online at Top of WV Arts Council submission page no later than Wednesday. The opening reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 28 at the ...

Mall owners running out of time to decide next step

STEUBENVILLE — Total Finance, the owner of the Fort Steuben Mall, has a little more than two weeks left to decide whether to address building code concerns or close the aging shopping center, which city code officials have declared “unsafe for occupancy and uninhabitable.” On Monday, City Manager Mike Johnson said Total Finance had requested two extensions to the 30-day deadline imposed in an April 27 letter from code officials. Both were denied. “On May 4, the mall owner requested a six-month extension to comply with the city’s April 27 letter,” Johnson said. “The city ...

Boil order lifted in portion of Three Springs Crossing

WEIRTON - A boil order issued Monday afternoon for a portion of the Three Springs Crossing business plaza has been lifted, effective at 9:02 a.m. today, according to the Weirton Area Water Board. The order had been in effect for Tun Tea, Bistro 303, Route 22 Sports Bar, and Mountain State Behavioral Health, with those businesses able to resume using water without any restrictions.