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Visitors asked to leave Hellbender Preserve with memories, not plants

BLOOMINGDALE — Planning on a nature walk at Hellbender Preserve? Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation District is asking visitors to leave their Allium tricoccum — better known as “ramps” — behind when they leave. Ramps are edible, pungent onions native to Ohio’s deciduous forests. ...

WVU Medicine Cherishes Partnership With Wellness Weekend

WVU Medicine North Region President Douglass Harrison has watched the Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend presented by WVU Medicine grow over the last few years and remains impressed that the event’s growth continues. “I think this race is gaining so much momentum year after year,” he ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

At 11:41 p.m. Tuesday, officers assisted units from the St. Clairsville Police Department on a traffic stop on Maple Avenue near Union Cemetery in St. Clairsville. At 10:55 p.m. Tuesday, an officer on a traffic stop on South Lincoln Avenue in Bridgeport issued a verbal warning to an Ohio motorist for driving with an obstructed and expired tag. At 10:41 p.m. Tuesday, a detective was out assisting the Ohio State Highway Patrol on a traffic stop on Ohio 7 in Bellaire. At 10:23 p.m. Tuesday, an officer went to the Belmont County Jail on a civil process to serve a temporary protection ...

Sunnyside dispensary opens in Bridgeport

BRIDGEPORT – Sunnyside marijuana dispensary opened its doors on Friday morning. Located at 435 Main St. Sunnyside is operated by Cresco Labs. The new business will offer cannabis products for both medical and recreational use. Cresco Labs district manager for Ohio Benjamin Keaton said ...

Bomb threat prompts evacuation, early dismissal at St. Clairsville schools

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Students at St. Clairsville-Richland City Middle and High School were dismissed Friday afternoon after a bomb threat was made. A heavy police presence was seen around the school following the threat. Superintendent Christina Laudermilt said a student found a note in a ...

Artemis II astronauts return from moon with a splash

HOUSTON — Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose record-breaking lunar flyby revealed not only swaths of the moon’s far side — never seen before by human eyes — but a total solar eclipse. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen hit the atmosphere traveling Mach 33 — or 33 times the speed of sound — a blistering blur not seen since ...