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WVNCC ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTS LIST AND DEANS LIST

                  WVNCC’s announces President’s List and Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 Semester WHEELING, W.VA – West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) is proud to announce the following students have made the President’s List and Dean’s List for the Fall…

OBITUARY: DEWEY MOORE

Dewey Moore, 78, of Newell, WV, passed away February 2, 2023. Born in New Matamoras, Ohio on July 14, 1944, he was the son of the late Forrest and Letha Moore. Dewey graduated from Wells High School in 1963. He…

LEGISLATION IMPACTS MUNICIPALITIES

By Matt Young, WV Press AssociationCHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House Committee on Political Subdivisions, on Wednesday, advanced four bills that would impact municipalities. Sponsored by Del. Geno Chiarelli, R-Monongalia, HB 2782 would require that all municipal elections be held on the…

SARAH BROWN IS FEBRUARY LIONS SCHOLAR

Sarah Brown, 17, is the February recipient of the Lion’s Club Scholar of the Month. Sarah is the daughter of David and Sheryl Brown of Chester. A senior at Oak Glen High School, Sarah currently holds a cumulative GPA of…

OBITUARY; RUSTY HADDOX

.Vincent A. “Rusty” Haddox II, of Newell passed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh on Monday, February 6, 2023, from complications of a stroke he suffered on Friday.Rusty was born in East Liverpool on May 30, 1967. He was 55…

WMC EXPRESS CONCERN ON SB 535

(Weirton WV) – Weirton Medical Center (WMC) infection control specialists areexpressing concern about a proposed bill by the West Virginia Senate to allow forexemptions from school required immunizations. Senate Bill 535 allows for students tobe exempted from any immunization with…

OBITUARY: CHARLOTTE WEHNER

Charlotte A. Wehner, 96, of Chester, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Charlotte was born to the late Lester and Edith Hassley Wehner in Chester on April 29, 1926.Charlotte was a graduate of Chester High School Class of 1943. She…