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Pitt, Kentucky and Yale awarded funding to study derailment impacts

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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — On Friday, U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, announced that the University of Pittsburgh was awarded $440,000 of the $10 million research initiative that was announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year to assess and address the ...

Bridgeport High School to crown homecoming queen Friday

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Photo Provided Bridgeport High School will celebrate homecoming this weekend. The parade starts at 6 p.m. Friday with lineup at 5:30 p.m. The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. vs. the Valley Lumberjacks in Bill Jobko Stadium at Perkins Field with the queen being crowned at halftime. The dance will ...

Government shutdown begins as nation faces uncertainty

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline. Roughly 750,000 federal workers are ...

Heating assistance available

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MARIETTA, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Development, Buckeye Hills Regional Council and Southeast Ohio’s Community Action Agencies want to remind older Ohioans that assistance is available to help with their home energy bills. Applied directly to the customer’s utility or bulk fuel ...

New hires will watch over the former EGCC campus

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STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County commissioners hired three people Thursday to watch over the former Eastern Gateway Community College campus until a new tenant takes over. Commissioners took title to the building a week ago and, in return, dropped a lawsuit they’d filed in November ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

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BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, a complainant from Overlook Court in Bellaire came to the station to report a Walmart account and several other accounts had been hacked. Credit cards were used. Her daughter’s credit cards were attached to her account, and ...