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Celebrating our area’s future leaders

A group of nine area businessmen and women have completed one journey and are embarking on another as graduates of the Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Ohio Valley program. For the last seven months, they have organized and attended a series of monthly sessions focused on local government, economic development, education, healthcare and more, while learning the importance of teamwork and public service. They visited and toured local businesses, volunteered their time with area organizations, attended civic and government meetings, took part in mock council exercises, ...

USPS must account for driver accidents

Winding its way through Congress is legislation that would require the U.S. Postal Service to track crashes of vehicles carrying mail. The legislation, which carries the name “Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act,” and which passed the House on May 6, also would punish USPS contractors that fail to report accidents. Additionally, the Postal Service would be required to publish a yearly report focusing on its highway safety record. Why has the USPS not already been doing this? The Wall Street Journal, in March 2023, revealed that in the prior three years, “outside” postal ...

Thriving through music education

Because of partners such as the Save the Music and Wing 2 Wing foundations, every middle school in West Virginia will have received free musical instruments by 2027. Residents who grew up during an era where most middle and even some elementary schools found ways to bring hands-on musical education to students might be surprised to learn it’s been lacking. But it has taken millions of dollars contributed to the state Department of Arts, Culture and History for such programs to make a come-back. Most recently, Wing 2 Wing, through its partnership with Save the Music, donated ...

Providing more harm than help

While state officials are bending over backward to protect themselves, rather than the children in their care, the former deputy secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is speaking out. “There is just not enough transparency in the system to fill some level of assurance that while tragedies will always happen, at least we did our best as a state and a government to address them,” Jeremiah Samples said during testimony in a class action lawsuit involving the state’s foster care system. “And I don’t believe we are at that stage right ...

Relay events help to keep hope alive

Relays for Life events offer a time to remember those who have been lost to cancer, but also provide the light of hope for those still battling and those who have survived, while being surrounded by family, friends and other supporters. Such an evening will be held Saturday, as the Brooke-Hancock American Cancer Society Relay for Life returns to Wellsburg’s Central Park, with activities scheduled from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and featuring a theme of “Rockin’ Around the Clock,” reminiscent of 1950s and 1960s rock and roll. Participants will take laps around the park, starting with ...

Going back to the frontier

Residents from around the Tri-State Area will get the chance to take a step back in time this weekend when Ohio Valley Frontier Days returns to Historic Fort Steuben. As in years past, visitors on Saturday and Sunday will have the chance to experience what life was like in the late 1770s. There will be re-enactors, crafters, vendors, musicians and archaeologists. There also will be something new — the festival will include the ribbon-cutting to officially open the Museum of Surveying at the Fort. Developed through the efforts of the fort, the Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio and ...