WHEELING — More than 1,000 students from across the Ohio Valley visited the annual Project BEST Building Construction Trades Showcase at Wheeling Park on Wednesday. Dozens of companies and trade workers set up informational tables inside the park’s skating rink to talk with the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After months of the Belmont County Emergency Management Agency not having a deputy director, the Belmont County Board of Commissioners passed a motion Wednesday to enter a contract with Cumberland Trail Fire District to fill that role. The contract is for the services of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market. The move is the Fed’s first cut since December and lowered ...

BRIDGEPORT — The new playground and public recreation area at Bridgeport Exempted Village School District is coming together and district administrators are seeking grant funding for some new equipment. Superintendent Brent Ripley once more invited some of Bridgeport Elementary’s students ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The St. Clairsville Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual award dinner at 5 p.m. Thursday at Belmont College’s Dowler Hall. Three area businesses and one resident will be honored at the event. The District Distinguished Employer award will be presented and ...

BARNESVILLE — Barnesville Village Council recently voted to accept a gas and oil lease agreement from Gulfport Energy. During its Sept. 8 meeting, Village Solicitor Richard Myser explained that he had reviewed the two bid proposals that had been opened during the Aug. 25 meeting, saying ...