WEIRTON – The Weirton Area Water Board continues to oversee several ongoing improvement projects for the water system, including beginning design work on a project to update much of the distribution system in the city's downtown. Jesse Alden, project manager for Thrasher Engineering, ...
STEUBENVILLE — Bill Johnson's response to a question from Steubenville Mayor Ralph Petrella Thursday night was delivered in a very straight-forward fashion. "You're here — and that's step No. 1," Johnson said after Petrella asked what city government could do to help men and women who ...
STEUBENVILLE — County government is feeling the same pressure from rising inflation, fuel prices and health care costs as the general public is grappling with. After Thursday’s meeting, commissioners said the budget for the 2027 fiscal year is, in a word, going to be “tight.” “All we’re doing right now is listening to how much they need, what they want and what we are going to be able to give them,” Commissioner Jake Kleineke said. The current budget forecast shows what could be a $6 million gap between estimated 2027 revenues and departmental requests, but Auditor ...
RICHMOND-Edison High School Career Coach Leah Eft discussed how partnerships between educators and businesses could impact the future during the Building Bridges to Careers (BB2C) Community and Career Connected Learning Summit in Marietta. Eft led a panel on Sept. 18 at Washington State ...
BLOOMINGDALE-Students at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School are receiving real-life work experience through an internship with the Ohio Department of Transportation. Seniors Spencer Grew, Cara Arnett, Kyle Ensell, and Zeke Roe were selected through the JVS’s School-to-Work program and ...
WEIRTON – While substantially complete, the Weirton Sanitary Board is hoping to get a few final “wish list” items as part of the project expanding the capacity of the city's wastewater treatment plant. Jesse Alden, project manager from Thrasher Engineering, reported during the board's meeting Thursday, the project to expand the treatment plant to a capacity of 8 million gallons per day, stands at a 99.7 percent completion, based on the expenditures of the $38,572,670.37 contract with Triton Construction. “We're waiting on some additional proposals from Triton to work through ...
