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First recreational marijuana dispensary opens in St. C.

Local News

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — History was made on Friday as the Cannabist Company opened its doors to become the first recreational and medical marijuana dispensary in Belmont County. Gone are the days of residents having to leave the county to purchase marijuana products. Located at 51710 National ...

Students get good ‘START’ at Indian Creek Schools

Community

WINTERSVILLE — Indian Creek Local School District’s START program has matched hundreds of students with mentors to help improve reading skills while engaging in learning activities, and the program has yielded great benefits for both sides. For more than a quarter of a century, the ...

Area head start programs not impacted by government shutdown

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While the ongoing federal government shutdown will affect some Head Start programs around the country, those in the Ohio Valley are fully funded and won’t be impacted by the turmoil in Washington D.C. The Head Start program is a national program created in 1965 that provides developmental ...

Easterseals board names Redd chair, adds two new members

Community

WHEELING — The Easterseals Rehabilitation Center board of directors named The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register managing editor Derek Redd to a two-year term as chairperson during its annual reorganization meeting in September. Redd succeeds Regional Economic Development Partnership ...

Ohio taxpayers stepping in to fill SNAP gap

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(The Center Square) — With 1.4 million Ohioans expected to lose federal food benefits Saturday and communities scrambling to fill the gap, state taxpayers are kicking in help. After pleadings from state Democrats over the past week to step in, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed an emergency ...