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JVS students attend SkillsUSA conference

Photo Provided Thirteen students from the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School attended the SkillsUSA Fall Leadership Conference in Columbus on Nov. 20-21, where pupils Chloee McCartney and Trenton Hess were elected regional officers for the southeastern district of Ohio. Their positions ...

Appeals court judge declares for high court

Appeals court Judge Marilyn Zayas, a Democrat who lost a 2022 race for an Ohio Supreme Court seat, said she is going to run again next year for a position on the state’s highest court. First elected in 2016 to the Cincinnati-based 1st District Court of Appeals, Zayas will challenge ...

Revival of gas-fired power plant plans could mean millions for Marshall County

MOUNDSVILLE — A power company with sites in 22 states is resurrecting the possibility of a gas-fired power plant in Marshall County — and that could benefit both the county and its school district to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. This week, the Marshall County Commission and Marshall County Board of Education approved a Payment In Lieu Of Tax (PILOT) agreement with Calpine Mid-Atlantic Development. The county commission also authorized a 30-year lease agreement with the company. Marshall County Administrator Betsy Wilson-Frohnapfel said those agreements represent the ...

FCCLA students build skills

BLOOMINGDALE — Early childhood education students at the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School learned about working together and building skills during the annual Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Fall Leadership training session. Eight students attended the event at Camp ...

Operation Toy Lift delivers smiles to children at hospital

WHEELING — A little holiday cheer made its way to WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital on Wednesday, when members of the Wheeling Police Department and the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley distributed some of the items collected during a very successful Operation Toy Lift earlier this ...