ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Joseph Vavra is now handling legal affairs for the city as its new law director. Vavra was recommended by Mayor Kathryn Thalman on Tuesday, and St. Clairsville City Council unanimously voted in favor. He replaces Elizabeth Glick. Thalman said Glick chose not to reapply for ...

REIMAGINE APPALACHIA hosted its fourth annual Reimagine Appalachia January Strategy Summit on Tuesday to discuss ways to improve economic development, environmental justice and social justice within the region. Jen Seifert is executive director of the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program, a ...

BETHESDA — The village welcomed a new mayor last week with the swearing-in of Bob Flanagan during the first council meeting of 2024. Flanagan previously served as mayor in 2000 and was elected to the post in November with 232 votes over fellow candidate Linda Reeves’ 114 votes. Mayor ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen in the party’s ideological shift even further to the right on cultural issues and, especially, on ...

WHEELING — Young voices ruminating on Martin Luther King Jr.’s words filled Laughlin Memorial Chapel as winners of the Annual Project on Racism Contest read their pieces. At the awards breakfast for the competition held Monday, local winners were recognized by YWCA Cultural Diversity ...

CADIZ — WVU Medicine Harrison Community Hospital received a $2,000 donation from MPLX, owned by Marathon Petroleum Corp., for its 2023 Annual Fund Drive to purchase ProCuity Inpatient Beds, the hospital announced. “MPLX is pleased to make this grant to Harrison Community Hospital in ...