Talk to those who experienced the floods that tore through Ohio County one year ago this weekend, and their reflections often come back to the same thing. In their lives, they had never experienced anything like it. Not the speed. Not the force. Not the destruction. “It was like seeing ...
WINTERSVILLE — The need for blood donors is urgent, officials with the American Red Cross said. That makes this year’s Jefferson County Media Day Blood Drive even more important. Set for noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Florian Event Center, the drive comes at a time when scheduled ...
STEUBENVILLE — Discussions held during training sessions at a downtown facility have led to a series of events that resulted in the opening of downtown's newest coffee shop. "I didn't think I was going to be in this position, but things unfolded and I was able to," Hunter Wees, owner of ...
WEIRTON — The project to expand the capacity at Weirton’s wastewater treatment plant is coming to a close. Jesse Alden, project manager from Thrasher Engineering, announced during Thursday’s meeting of the Weirton Sanitary Board that the gathering of representatives of Triton ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — Hancock County commissioners approved several more memorandums of understanding related to the distribution of the county’s appropriations of opioid settlement funds Thursday. Commission President Eron Chek explained the memorandums outline aspects of how the awarded ...
STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County’s proposed spec building is on hold for the foreseeable future, commissioners said Thursday. The county’s consultants, Mike Jacoby, managing director of economic development at Bricker Graydon Wyatt’s Argus Growth Consultants subsidiary, and Agracel’s Jason Kester, recommended putting the plans on the back burner, reporting that “more financial support (grant or very favorable loan)” is needed for it to be feasible. Jacoby pointed out the state’s 2026-27 biennial budget had “significantly cut the Rural Industrial Park Loan program and ...
