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Cleveland-Cliffs halts planned investment in Weirton project

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WEIRTON — Cleveland-Cliffs has decided to halt investment in a planned transformer manufacturing facility to be located in Weirton, company officials announced Wednesday. “Our first-quarter results were negatively impacted by underperforming non-core assets and the lagging effect of lower ...

Trial set for double homicide

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Chris Berhalter set Andrew Isaac Griffin’s trial in the double murder of Angela and Thomas Strussion to begin at 8:30 a.m. July 15 — nearly four years after the couple was found dead inside their Belmont-area home. Griffin is accused ...

‘Pathways to the Past’ coming to Belmont County

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COLUMBUS — Belmont County Tourism is one of nine recipients of an America 250-Ohio grant to create “Pathways to the Past.” America 250-Ohio, the official state commission responsible for spearheading Ohio’s celebrations and commemorations around America’s semiquincentennial in 2026, ...

Falling wall causes concern in Martins Ferry

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MARTINS FERRY — Martins Ferry City Council heard from a handful of residents on Wednesday evening, including one who wants a problem with a retaining wall to be resolved. Tom Probst, a resident of 722 Elm Street, spoke to council about a retaining wall in the Vine Street side of his ...