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Belmont County DD Board St. Clairsville – The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Belmont County Board of Developmental Disabilities will be held Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The Board meets in its offices at 68421 Hammond Road, St. Clairsville, OH. For more information, visit www.bcbdd.org. PERI Chapter 79 to meet The Belmont County Chapter #79 of the Ohio Public Employee Retirees, Inc., bi-monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 18, at the Ohio Valley Mall Community Room, 67800 Mall Ring Road, St. Clairsville, OH. Kathryn Metz with the Ohio Consumer’s Counsel will be ...

Community efforts building a bridge in Triadelphia

WHEELING – The Long-Term Disaster Recovery Group has spent nearly $50,000 thus far to start the replacement of a new bridge in the Triadelphia area washed out during June 14, 2025 flooding. The bridge served six families in the Springer Addition, who were left without access to U.S. 40. The LTDRG has spent $46,603 so far on the bridge replacement, according to Staci Stephen, executive director of the United Way for the Ohio Valley. But that won’t be all of the cost, she said. “We’ve been renting the equipment to place the beams, and we still have to pay for that,” she said. ...

Crime Novelist Robin Yocum to Visit St. Clairsville Library

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Award-winning crime writer and novelist Robin Yocum will speak at the St. Clairsville Library on Wednesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. St. Clairsville Library’s two book clubs – both fiction and non-fiction groups – will have the opportunity for an exclusive meet and greet with Yocum preceding the public presentation at 5 p.m. These events have been sponsored in great appreciation by the Friends of the St. Clairsville Public Library. Call the library to register, 740-695-2062. Following both talks, Yocum will sign copies of his latest thriller, “The Last ...

Martins Ferry Christian School’s Annual Flower Sale in Progress

Students at Martins Ferry Christian School are selling flowers for their major school fundraiser. This annual sale is going on now through April 15. See an MFCS student or contact the school office at 740-633-0199 to order. Pictured with the flower sale flier is Jackie Steele (left) and Lena ...

Change of season doesn’t change need for blood donors

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – This March, the nonprofit Vitalant is thanking donors who take the time to donate with a chance to win $10,000. Donors of every blood type are needed daily for patients who need transfusions during surgery, for treatment of blood disorders and many other life-threatening ...

JVS marks 50th anniversary

BLOOMINGDALE — Dorothy Blaner has a simple way to describe why the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School has been a success that has spanned decades. "It's a great place to work — the community has always supported it," she explained. Blaner was among the hundreds of area residents, ...