ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Board of Commissioners passed an estimated $22 million budget for 2022 on Wednesday and will refine it through fall. “It takes roughly $22 million a year to operate Belmont County,” Commissioner Jerry Echemann said, adding this was a ‘ballpark ...

WOODSFIELD — The Monroe County Health Department has had few active COVID-19 cases over the past couple of weeks, and officials hope it will remain that way following the Fourth of July weekend. Linda Masters, administrator, said she hopes not to see a spike in cases in the coming weeks ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly six months in office, grappling with a pandemic every step of that way, President Joe Biden was determined to party. “This is a holiday weekend,” Biden declared on Friday as he parried journalists’ “negative” questions about the ongoing U.S. troop ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Americans enjoying newfound liberty are expected to travel and gather for cookouts, fireworks, concerts and beach outings over the Fourth of July weekend in numbers not seen since pre-pandemic days. Yet lingering restrictions, worker shortages and significant numbers of ...

Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behind on the $1,350-a-month home she rented. Until then she had never missed a rent ...

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine. An Associated ...