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JUST MY THOUGHTS…….by Tamara

It’s just not in the movies that companies pick small towns to bypass the environmental laws. It really happens. It happened here, in New Cumberland. I saw something on WV Metro News that caused me to go the EPA site out of Philadelphia to locate…

Messer LLC to pay $1.9 million penalty for Clean Water Act violations at New Cumberland, WV facility PHILADELPHIA (June 23, 2023) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Messer LLC has agreed to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty for Clean Water Act permit violations…

HAVA SUB-GRANT WILL IMPROVE ELECTION PROCESS FOR COUNTY

Hancock County voters will benefit from improvements to the County’s election process thanks to acquiring a $70,172.50 Help America Vote Act(HAVA) grant from the State Election Commission..   The grant is a matching grant and the amount will need to be matched by the County,  County…

WVDNR report 19% increase in number of stocked trout in 2023

.CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced that the agency has stocked nearly 130,000 more trout in 2023 compared to the previous year.Between January and May 2023, the WVDNR stocked 802,481 trout in lakes and streams around the state, which…

CHANGE OFFER FREE PHYSICALS FOR CLIFFS

CHANGE, Inc. to provide Wellness Physicals for Cleveland Cliffs Employees and Spouses   Weirton, WV – On Thursday June 29, 2023, from 9 am to 3 pm CHANGE, Inc. Family Medical Care will be providing Wellness Physicals for current employees of Cleveland Cliffs and their spouses. Physicals…

‘KIDS COUNT’ REPORT RELEASED

  West Virginia Ranks 42nd in Child Well-Being but Inaccessible, Unaffordable Child Care Will Continue to Push More Families into Poverty  50-State Data Shows Economy Loses $122 Billion a Year as Child Care Challenges Cause Parents to Miss, Quit or Scale Back Work,Annie E. Casey Foundation FindsCharleston,…

2023 RHODODENDRON GIRLS STATE ATTENDANTS

2023 West Virginia Rhododendron Girls State Attendants sponsored by the Chester American Legion Auxiliary Unit 121. Pictured left to right. Hannah Kliner, Madison Adams, Lilly Wharton, Macey Enochs and Avery Hall. 

SCHOOL BOARDS ADDS TWO NEW POSITIONS

    Two new positions will add to the resources available to Weirton students in the Fall semester.  The Hancock County Board of Education approved  Kristin Bowman-Cross at the site coordinator at Weirton Elementary School and Douglas Murray at Weir High/Weir Middle School.   The positions are…