Quite a few of us were caught off guard on Thursday night. We shouldn’t allow that to happen. Just as the deep snow and thick ice that were laid down by a winter storm several days ago were beginning to melt, another storm rolled into the region. This time, though, it brought rain — and a ...

An apprenticeship program being developed by the federal government and trucking industry leaders holds promise to help relieve supply-chain backlogs. The program, detailed by an Associated Press article, would allow 18-, 19- and 20-year-old truck drivers to cross state lines. The program ...

Parents got a frightening reminder last week of the dangers awaiting children whose online activities go unsupervised. Four men were arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor online, as a result of work done by the West Virginia State Police and the FBI. These four men, ranging in age from ...

According to data from market research firm IRI, grocery costs keep climbing — up 9% in 2021 — and will continue to do so in 2022. With the combination of cargo ships backed up; costs of everything including labor, fuel, ingredients, packaging and transportation going up; and labor ...

Countless hours of hard work culminated for 18 young people on Thursday evening when they went head-to-head in hopes of winning the 2022 Belmont County Spelling Bee. In the end, though, only one of them could come out on top. This year, the Belmont County spelling champion is Jacob ...

CHEERS to news that Cumberland Trail firefighters have some new tools in their arsenal to help save people’s lives. They recently trained on using new suits to rescue individuals from icy water. JEERS to the fact that St. Clairsville officials feel they needed to be better prepared to deal ...