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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – St. Mary’s Central School’s Adeline Jackson, an eighth-grader, took home first place at the Times Leader Belmont County Regional Spelling Bee at the ECO Center on Thursday night. The words that separated first and second place were “parcheesi” and “amygdala.” ...

Lawmakers call for drug price transparency, lower costs

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday called on pharmaceutical companies to provide increased price transparency and lower costs for drugs. Elected leaders on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Health questioned pharmaceutical company leaders over their role in rising ...

EMA receives new weather data software

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Board of Commissioners approved an agreement for a web-based weather data software product with Baron Weather Inc, on behalf of the Belmont County Emergency Management Agency for $1,200. Commissioner Jerry Echemann said that the approval was based upon the ...

WLU Cuts Ribbon For Renovated Biology Lab

WEST LIBERTY — Holly Vopal, assistant professor of biology at West Liberty University, was doing her research inside a storage closet when she determined the biomedical research lab at WLU needed more space. Vopal and Deanna Schmitt, associate professor of biology, next teamed up to apply ...

Belmont County Unify Group protest in St. C.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – A bipartisan group of protestors took to the sidewalks in front of Calvary Presbyterian Church in St. Clairsville on Wednesday afternoon to protest what it perceives as fascism in America. The silent protest was organized by the Belmont County Unify Group – a local ...