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Barnesville resident honored nationally for physical fitness

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BARNESVILLE — Even at 76 years old, Barnesville resident Becky Wehr refuses to slow down. Wehr was honored Thursday as a finalist of the national 2025 Silver Sneakers Member of the Year at Ferrum Fit, the gym where she works out. Tivity Health account executive Kristina Macchiaroli ...

Bridgeport students, staff a part of school history with beam signing

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BRIDGEPORT — Close to 1,000 members of the Bridgeport Exempted Village School District community became part of a new era Nov. 12, when all current students, faculty and staff were invited to sign one of the exposed steel beams to be installed in the multipurpose facility to be dubbed “the ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

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BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 10:19 p.m. Tuesday, an officer on a traffic stop on Barnesville-Bethesda Road in Bethesda reported that a license plate was not found in the system. A warning was issued for driving with no headlights. At 9:52 p.m. Tuesday, an officer on a traffic ...

You can end a government shutdown — but you can’t reopen it fast

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NEW YORK (AP) — The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over — on paper, at least. But the American public isn’t done with it yet: Getting everything back up and running doesn’t happen all at once. The disruption of the closure, clocking in at 43 days, varied in its impact. ...