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W.Va. Attorney General shifts future opioid funds from foundation to state, local control

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CHARLESTON - More than four years after state, county and city leaders agreed to create a private non-profit foundation to distribute millions of dollars in opioid settlement dollars, West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced a change in how future settlement dollars are distributed. In a press release Tuesday afternoon, McCuskey announced he was moving away from the established distribution model defined by the "West Virginia First memorandum of understanding (MOU), the agreement between the state and local governments that created the West Virginia First Foundation, a ...

Weirton Food Truck Festival set for Saturday

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WEIRTON – A variety of food trucks from throughout the region will be converging on the Weirton Event Center Saturday. The Weirton Food Truck Festival is set to make its return, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Event Center, located at 3322 East St., Weirton. This year's event is organized by ...

Celebrating the nation

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Contributed Members of the New Alexandria-based Buckeye Ruritans held a celebration of America's 250th birthday on Aug. 1 at the park. The event included an off-road vehicle parade, food, games, face painting and music by Dusty Carpenter. Organizers added the celebration was designed to ...

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Birthdays Aug. 18 Johnna Provenzano, Weirton Aug. 19 Darren Corrigan, Mingo Junction Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Knock off: A juvenile said someone driving a red Hummer knocked him off his bike Sunday in the 100 block of N. Ninth Street and left the scene but returned to apologize before leaving a second time. He told police he saw the driver texting as he swerved toward him on the side of the street. He said he was able to get back on his bike and pedal to a parking lot where he “stayed for several hours before his father (arrived) to carry him to his residence.” ...

JUHS Class of 1976 holds 50th

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Contributed The Jefferson Union High School bicentennial Class of 1976 held its 50-year reunion with festivities on Aug. 7 and 8, kicking off with an icebreaker social time at 7 Ranges in Steubenville, continuing with a tour of Edison High School's facilities and culminating with a dinner at ...

Power station to switch to new alert system

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By the beginning of 2027, residents of the Tri-State Area will have a new way to receive alerts for tests and emergencies at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station. “We'll be updating our warning systems,” Jennie Steifel, off-site emergency preparedness specialist for the station, explained while appearing before Hancock County commissioners during their meeting Friday morning. The nuclear power station, located in Shippingport, Pa., is transitioning from its traditional outdoor, pole-mounted siren alert system to a more automated system known as the Integrated Public Alert and ...