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NEW BOARD MEMBER: Tammy Yanssens has been appointed to the board of trustees of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County. She is a retired nurse from the James Cancer Hospital, part of the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. She returned to Jefferson County to be near family and now resides in New Alexandria. Currently, Yanssens serves as the treasurer for the local Buckeye Ruritan. She enjoys traveling, gardening, spending time with family and reading mostly fiction. Yanssens said she listens to audiobooks while driving and working outside. She continues to participate ...

Halo Salon & Spa still has more room to grow

WINTERSVILLE — The owner of Halo Salon & Spa has seen the business grow from a location with two chairs in 2007 to its present 6,900-square-foot location at the rear of the Welday Professional Building at 100 Welday St. Amanda Chmielorski was joined by local officials and many family ...

JVS to acquire new simulator for its health tech program

BLOOMINGDALE — The health technologies program at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School is adding some high-tech equipment to make student learning even more realistic. The program recently received a $65,371 grant from the Mary Jane Brooks Charitable Trust and plans to use the money ...

Success for JVS welders

Three welding students at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School have just finished round one of the Project MFG Welding League competition, which assesses their welding knowledge and challenges their skills. Throughout the season, student competitors engage in a series of three ...

Celebrating growth

Be Spa recently celebrated its sixth anniversary in business, along with the announcement of some new services. Located at 241 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, the business has introduced Skin Scope, as well as new med spa services to target hair loss and skin care for men and hair loss ...

Theme parks looking to fill 3,000 positions

PITTSBURGH — Kennywood, Idlewild Park and SoakZone and Sandcastle are now accepting applications to fill more than 3,000 positions for the upcoming season. The parks are gearing up for their most exciting year yet, highlighted by the debut of the all-new Potato Patch-themed bumper cars at ...