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Morrisey signs bill establishing Washington Center at WVU

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CHESTER — “Education not indoctrination” read the sign hanging on the podium for an event Thursday featuring West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 6450 Post in Chester. Morrisey was in Hancock County to ceremonially sign House Bill 3297 into law, which ...

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Field Day set for weekend WEIRTON — Members of the Steubenville-Weirton Amateur Radio Club will participate in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise Saturday and Sunday at the Friendship Park Pavilion in Smithfield. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have ...

Morrisey touts state’s development efforts

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WEIRTON — While visiting the Northern Panhandle this week to check in on emergency response to the flooding in Ohio County and celebrate the establishment of a new civics-based program at West Virginia University, Gov. Patrick Morrisey also took time to promote economic development efforts in ...

Hancock Commissioners approve animal shelter resignations

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NEW CUMBERLAND — Hancock County Commissioners approved the resignation of several employees, Thursday, from the Hancock County Animal Shelter, but officials say residents shouldn’t be concerned about any potential loss of service. As part of Thursday’s meeting, commissioners unanimously ...

Councilman resigns, police chief raise approved in Wellsburg

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WELLSBURG — At a special meeting Tuesday, Wellsburg Council finalized legislation providing a raise for the city’s police chief and learned of a resignation by one of its members. Mayor Dan Dudley confirmed Jack Kins has resigned from the 1st Ward Council seat he has held since 2017, ...

U.S. District judge dismisses EGCC lawsuit

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COLUMBUS — A three-year-old federal lawsuit that threatened local control over the Eastern Gateway Community College campus in the heart of Steubenville has been dismissed. U.S. District Judge Algernon L. Marbley of the Southern District of Ohio signed off on a joint motion Monday to ...