WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week — the latest encouraging sign for the rebounding U.S. economy — just as Republican-led states are moving to cut off a federal benefit for the jobless. Twenty-two states, from Texas and Georgia to Ohio and Iowa, ...
Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls. Across the country, thrift stores have been flooded by household items, the offerings of people who have been homebound for months and are eager to clear out some of their possessions. Problem is, too many such ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Today marks the final day for the large COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the former Sears in the Ohio Valley Mall, but the Belmont County Health Department will host smaller vaccination clinics from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays for the next six weeks. “We may increase ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is reminding patients and visitors that masks are still required in all of its hospitals and clinics -- including those in Barnesville and Cadiz. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that fully vaccinated Americans – those who are two weeks past the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two weeks past the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine – can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by laws, rules and regulations, including local business and workplace ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped on Monday, tacking more losses onto last week’s stumble, as worries about inflation continue to dog Wall Street. The S&P 500 dipped 10.56, or 0.3%, to 4,163.29, with tech stocks and other former market darlings once again taking the brunt of the losses. The benchmark index is coming off a 1.4% weekly drop from its record high, which would have been even worse if not for a late rebound. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 54.34, or 0.2%, to 34,327.79, while the Nasdaq composite lost 50.93, or 0.4%, to 13,379.05. Most stocks in the S&P 500 ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Board of Elections will soon say goodbye to Director Kelly McCabe, who is planning to retire July 30. McCabe started work in the board office as a clerk in 2004. In 2006 she was named to the position of deputy director, and in 2019 she took the helm as ...
