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EMA receives new weather data software

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Board of Commissioners approved an agreement for a web-based weather data software product with Baron Weather Inc, on behalf of the Belmont County Emergency Management Agency for $1,200. Commissioner Jerry Echemann said that the approval was based upon the ...

WLU Cuts Ribbon For Renovated Biology Lab

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WEST LIBERTY — Holly Vopal, assistant professor of biology at West Liberty University, was doing her research inside a storage closet when she determined the biomedical research lab at WLU needed more space. Vopal and Deanna Schmitt, associate professor of biology, next teamed up to apply ...

Belmont County Unify Group protest in St. C.

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – A bipartisan group of protestors took to the sidewalks in front of Calvary Presbyterian Church in St. Clairsville on Wednesday afternoon to protest what it perceives as fascism in America. The silent protest was organized by the Belmont County Unify Group – a local ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners

Community

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:26 p.m. Monday, officers assisted Bridgeport Police with a traffic stop near Rent a Center on Main Street in Bridgeport. At 11:03 p.m. Monday, a deputy responded to the Belmont County Jail to take a report about an inmate assaulting two ...

Project progressing despite harsh weather

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BLAINE – Ohio Department of Transportation and Beaver Excavating Co. are in the final stages of box beam installation of the Blaine Hill Bridge. ODOT District 11 Public Information Officer Lauren Borell said that she is excited with the progress the bridge, originally closed in July 2024, ...