Belmont County was recently the victim of a cybersecurity incident involving the OnSolve CodeRed system that is used to make emergency notifications to the public. CodeRed is used to notify residents for various incidents such as evacuation notices, utility outages, water main breaks, fires, ...
Money Ohio County commissioners directed to Wheeling Health Right to expand its mobile unit operations will now be reallocated toward building the agency’s dental services programs. During their regular meeting on Tuesday morning, commissioners unanimously approved the reallocation of nearly $40,000 to Health Right. In Dec. 2024, commissioners initially approved a community grant for $36,552 to assist Health Right in increasing the days of service each week provided by its mobile health unit in the community. Since then, an anonymous donor provided money for the additional mobile ...
The Brooke County Commission had made plans Tuesday to meet with candidates for a planned advisory board for the county’s emergency 911 center, but inclement weather and work commitments kept most from attending. Commissioners did, however, touch on how they expect the volunteer board to look and function. County Commissioner Tom Diserio said the board will be comprised of the 911 director, as a non-voting member, and five others, including representatives from firefighting, law enforcement, emergency medical services, the county’s emergency management agency and a county ...
Gautam Tugali of Wheeling, a culinary student at West Virginia Northern Community College, carves a seahorse design in a block of ice with a chainsaw Monday. Each of the students chose their own design, on which they will be graded as part of their “Garde manger” training. Garde manger is ...
Ohio Valley residents waking up this morning will likely have to break out some snow shovels so they can make it to work. The first significant snowfall of the winter was forecast to begin after midnight Monday and continue into Tuesday morning. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, the Ohio Valley could see anywhere from two to five inches of snow on the ground. Weather reports have the Wheeling area getting between one and three inches, and NWS Meteorologist Alicia Miller said it’s more likely the area will see the higher end of that prediction. Some areas ...
The future of Wheeling is already looking brighter in a number of areas throughout town, as AEP continues to upgrade street lights with LED lights. In recent months, members of Wheeling City Council had expressed frustration with the maintenance of street lights in certain areas of the city. On Wheeling Island, along the stretch of W.Va. 2 between North Wheeling and Warwood, and in other areas, a number of street lights had been out. While AEP maintains the street lights, the company typically relies on the public to report locations that are out by providing the pole numbers. ...
