Bond Boon To Bring Upgrades at The Highlands

WHEELING — The Ohio County Development Authority had a strong return on the sale of its Tax Increment Financing (TIF) bonds for the year, and that’s going to mean some improvements at The Highlands. Among these will be road and parking lot improvements, the potential construction of a ...

Center Wheeling Parking Garage Demolition Completed Early

WHEELING — Demolition of the Center Wheeling Parking Structure has been completed several months ahead of schedule, and the adjacent section of Chapline Street reopened to traffic for the first time since closing in March because of the nearby demolition work. Originally scheduled for ...

W.Va. BOE Approves Wetzel School Consolidation

CHARLESTON — Despite multiple Wetzel County community members making the trek to Charleston to urge rejection of the consolidation of high schools there, the West Virginia Board of Education approved all consolidation requests Wednesday, including from Wood, Clay and Preston counties. The ...

Time Running Short for Downtown Wheeling Parking Meters

WHEELING — A new approach to monitoring downtown parking in the city of Wheeling will soon be introduced, with modern technology promising to help enhance commerce at local businesses in a way that antiquated parking meters cannot. The city is preparing to outfit two newly purchased ...

Rich Rodriguez Right Back at Home With WVU

MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez believes he’ll be a better coach now for West Virginia University than he was during his first tour of duty — and that is a pretty high bar to clear. Yet he feels that his 17-year journey around college football following his tumultuous exit from Morgantown ...

JMHS CTE Teacher Earns National Recognition

GLEN DALE — John Marshall High School automotive technology teacher Jared Ulrich was named the 2024 Carl J. Schaefer Memorial Career & Technical Education Teacher Award winner by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute Board of Trustees. The memorial award recognizes an ...