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Draft of Proposed Data Center Regulations Reviewed in Wheeling

WHEELING - A preliminary draft of proposed amendments to the city of Wheeling’s Planning and Zoning code to include rules and regulations specifically for data centers was reviewed by city leaders on Tuesday night. Members of the Rules Committee of Wheeling City Council met at length ...

W.Va. Public Schools See Second-Largest Enrollment Drop Since COVID

CHARLESTON - West Virginia's 55 county public school districts saw their largest combined drop in student enrollment since the period spanning the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to numbers released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Education, the fall headcount ...

Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department warns of potential measles exposure

The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department (WOCHD) says it has been informed that an individual who was at the WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Emergency Department on Saturday, Oct. 17 has tested positive for measles. The individual is not from Ohio County or West Virginia. For privacy ...

West Virginia Early Voting Starts Wednesday

WHEELING - Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election starts Wednesday across West Virginia. Early polls open Wednesday, Oct. 21 and voting continues weekdays and Saturdays through Oct. 31. There is no voting on Sundays. In Ohio County, the public may cast ballots from 9 a.m. to 5 ...

Bieniek Honored As West Virginia’s Top School Accountant

WHEELING - Ohio County Schools business officer and treasurer Steven Bieniek says "he's a man of math," and not so much one of words. His skills, nevertheless, speak for him. The West Virginia Association of School Business Officials last week named him their inaugural "West Virginia School ...

Public Service Commission Releases Proposed Rules For Power Plant Capacity

CHARLESTON - Reaction to new proposed rules by utility regulators in West Virginia required by the state's data center law determining how coal-fired power plants operate received both praise and criticism. The West Virginia Public Service Commission issued an order Thursday and approved ...