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Grants aim to spark tourism, celebrate history across Belmont County

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Tourism Council Board of Directors is pleased to announce that nearly $120,000 has been awarded to 45 nonprofit organizations across Belmont County through its 2026 Grant Assistance Program. The GAP Grant Program is designed to help “fill in the gap” ...

Incumbent Laura Wakim Chapman gets GOP nod for West Virginia Senate District 1

WHEELING – Incumbent West Virginia Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman won the Republican nomination to the West Virginia Senate District 1 seat on Tuesday, setting up a tightly contested race in the Nov. 3 general election. Chapman defeated former Eagle Manufacturing President and CEO Joe Eddy, receiving 4,023 votes to Eddy’s 2,761. The winner will next face current Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, who ran uncontested for the Senate District 1 Democratic nomination on Tuesday. “I want to thank voters from the bottom of my heart for entrusting me again,” Chapman said. “Of course, we ...

Heaney defeats Dobkin for W.Va. Senate District 2 GOP nod

MOUNDSVILLE – In a race for a Republican nomination in a West Virginia Senate District that stretches from Marshall County to Monongalia County, Fairview resident Toby Heaney defeated Glen Dale resident Robert Dobkin on Tuesday. Heaney earned 3,713 votes, ahead of Dobkin's 3,074. He will ...

Ennis Pulls Out Win in W.Va. House District 4 GOP Primary

WHEELING – Republican Derek Ennis is one step closer to being a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Ennis defeated businessman and entrepreneur Dolph Santorine in Tuesday’s primary election to win the GOP nomination to the District 4 seat in the House. Ennis received 863 ...