ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Superstructure replacement of a bridge at Belmont County Road 10 in Blaine may be delayed after the Belmont County Board of Commissioners opened the sole bid for the work on Wednesday. Ohio-West Virginia Excavating of Powhatan Point bid $1,927,521.75 on the job. County ...

Photo Provided Belmont County Spelling Bee champion Jacob Theaker takes part in the preliminary spelling rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. He correctly spelled “ubiquinone” in the first round but was eliminated in the word meaning round. He will ...

Major sponsors, including Dan Stephens State Farm, Unified Bank, Hot Rod Tattooing, AEP, Wilson Funeral Home-Heslop Chapel, Belmont County Tourism and media sponsor The Times Leader, are ready to present the annual Strawberry Festival in Martins Ferry from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday. ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Buffalo Creek Country opened its doors for the first time in the Ohio Valley Mall on Wednesday. The store specializes in country, primitive and rustic home decor. Buffalo Creek Country features pictures, wall-hangings, candles, yard flags and other decorative items for the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs on Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings and insisted it’s not hiding anything. The space agency televised the four-hour hearing featuring an independent panel of experts who vowed to be ...

MARTINS FERRY — The Project Forward community development organization is providing resources to help local entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners with an entrepreneurship class. The first nine-week course is beginning today, but Project Forward member and area attorney Paul Stecker ...