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Brooke County switches employee insurance provider

WELLSBURG — Brooke County employees will enter the new fiscal year with a new insurance provider. Brooke County commissioners, during their meeting Tuesday morning, approved a plan through USI Insurance Services to provide health, dental, vision and life insurance coverage for county ...

Richmond Community Picnic to feature 1976 time capsule opening

RICHMOND — The Richmond Lions Club, in partnership with the Richmond Community Historical Society, invites the community to attend a free community picnic set for June 28 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Richmond Park, 210 S. Park St., Richmond. This family-friendly event in honor of the nation’s ...

Follansbee Council looks to acquire former football field property

FOLLANSBEE – The City of Follansbee plans to make an offer for the purchase of property which once served as the football field to the former Follansbee Middle School. Council met in a special session Monday, with the five members in attendance approving a proposal to purchase the land at a ...

Protest in Weirton

Contributed About 25 residents of Ohio and West Virginia took to the sidewalks in front of Weirton's Millsop Community Center on Sunday to stand for democracy on Flag Day and against the policies of the Trump administration. The event was sponsored by Upper Ohio Valley Indivisible, an ...

Wheeling secures $2M to fix long-troubled Northern Parkway

WHEELING – A heavily traveled and uneven roadway connecting North Park in Wheeling with River Road is about to be reconstructed and made safer -- to the joy of those who live near that road and use it every day. U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., came to Wheeling on Monday to tour the stretch ...