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$5,000 anonymously donated to Shadyside for America 250 celebration

SHADYSIDE – An anonymous donor donated $5,000 to the village of Shadyside for its America 250 celebration on July 11. Village council member Melanie Haswell said that she was recently reached out to by someone who would like to be unnamed during council’s meeting on Wednesday ...

Board of Commissioners make $554K in vehicle purchases

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to spend more than a half-million dollars on vehicle purchases for multiple county entities. New vehicles are on the way for the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office, Belmont County Department of Job and Family ...

Pasta for a cause

MARTINS FERRY – After destruction, a community is coming together to raise money for a member who is in need. On Saturday, at the Alerts Engine Firehouse, located at 201 S. Zane Highway, will see community members grub out on spaghetti to raise money for Barb Maguire. Maguire’s home on ...

Ohio Valley Legend Bobby Douglas Passes At 83

Bobby Douglas, a pioneer of amateur wrestling who built a Hall of Fame career as both wrestler and coach, died Monday at age 83, according to the Iowa State University and West Liberty University athletics websites. The Bridgeport native spent 13 years as the Cyclones’ head coach. His tenure ...

Belmont County Courthouse plaza soon to be ADA compliant

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Courthouse plaza will soon be getting a facelift. What will soon be named the “Belmont County Veterans Plaza” will receive critical ADA accessibility updates. Commissioner J.P. Dutton said that the board of commissioners thought the name would be ...

Form Energy battery system to power Minnesota data center

WEIRTON — A Minnesota-based Google data center will have some backup from a local source. According to officials, Form Energy will deploy a 300-megawatt and 30 gigawatt-hour multi-day iron air battery system to Pine Island, Minn., with Xcel Energy to assist in powering the new data ...