WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week — the latest encouraging sign for the rebounding U.S. economy — just as Republican-led states are moving to cut off a federal benefit for the jobless. Twenty-two states, from Texas and Georgia to Ohio and Iowa, ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Today marks the final day for the large COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the former Sears in the Ohio Valley Mall, but the Belmont County Health Department will host smaller vaccination clinics from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays for the next six weeks. “We may increase those ...

Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls. Across the country, thrift stores have been flooded by household items, the offerings of people who have been homebound for months and are eager to clear out some of their possessions. Problem is, too many such ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is reminding patients and visitors that masks are still required in all of its hospitals and clinics -- including those in Barnesville and Cadiz. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that fully vaccinated Americans – those who ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped on Monday, tacking more losses onto last week’s stumble, as worries about inflation continue to dog Wall Street. The S&P 500 dipped 10.56, or 0.3%, to 4,163.29, with tech stocks and other former market darlings once again taking the brunt of the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Board of Elections will soon say goodbye to Director Kelly McCabe, who is planning to retire July 30. McCabe started work in the board office as a clerk in 2004. In 2006 she was named to the position of deputy director, and in 2019 she took the helm as ...