MARTINS FERRY — East Ohio Regional Hospital's closure on March 20 left hundreds of employees without jobs and paychecks, causing financial difficulties for many. Dave Blazak, 61, was a medic for critical care patients with EORH since it reopened in 2021. Blazak had previously retired from, ...
WHEELING — One year after a devastating landslide at Mt. Zion Cemetery that displaced hundreds of graves, efforts are underway to clean up. Several contractors won bids to work on different aspects of the upcoming multimillion-dollar project, which will start sometime in the beginning of ...
WHEELING — Wheeling-Ohio County Health Administrator Howard Gamble hasn’t seen any effects locally of the federal government’s major job cuts at numerous health agencies — at least not yet. But Gamble is still concerned that, even though the effects haven’t yet trickled down to the ...
WHEELING — For David H. McKinley, “quality” among legislators at the West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston is more important than having “majority” rule there. He also questions whether the current Republican-controlled Legislature has the best priorities in mind as it ...
WHEELING — Local photographer Rebecca Kiger has won a second major award for her work covering the East Palestine train derailment and its aftermath. Kiger has been announced as the recipient of a World Press Photo award under the category “North and Central America — Stories.” The ...
WHEELING — The West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would void LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination ordinances in cities like Wheeling, where one such ordinance has been in place for almost a decade. Some local leaders have expressed that Senate Bill 579, approved by an overwhelming majority of ...
