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ABIGAIL HUNT WINS GOLDEN HORSHOE

Abigail Hunt, student at Weir Middle School, was the 2022-2023 Golden Horseshoe winner from Hancock County is shown with her certificate and Superintendent Dawn Petrovich (right). The Golden Horseshoe is administered to all eighth-grade-students to test their knowledge of West Virginia history. Established in the…

MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES IN NEW CUMBERLAND

10:30 AM – Service at War Memorial on Court Street 11:00 AM –  Services at New Cumberland Cemetery.  Speaker is Col. John “Doc. Bahnsen and Major Peggy Bahnsen with the Avenue of Flags 12 noon – Parade line-up at Fuccy’s 1:00 PM – Parade Festivities…

OAK GLEN HIGH NAMES HIGHEST HONOR GRADUATES

Highest Honor Students Named for Class of ‘2023          The 60th graduating class of Oak Glen High School is comprised of 121 students.  The highest honor students for the class of 2023 are: Sarah Ashley Brown is 18 years of age and the daughter of…

WEBSTER IS LIONS SCHOLAR FOR MAY

Sam Webster, age 18, the son of Bart and Mandie Webster is the Lions Scholar for May. He is a resident of New Cumberland, W. Sam has been a member of the Oak Glen Tack team since his sophomore year and a member of the…

FORM FACTORY 1 TIMELINE OF CONSTRUCTION

Break Ground – April, 2023 Start Foundations – May, 2023 Install Steel Structure – July, 2023 Start Utilities Construction – Sept, 2023 Building dried-in – Dec, 2023 Start Operations – Mid to late 2024 Begin Next Phase Expansion – Early 2025

AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit

…….While the turnout was great for the FORM Energy openhouse with lots of handouts, there were a lot of people unable to attend. So I am going to inundate readers with timelines on construction, etc. The most important segment of that information is where, when,…

NUCOR STEEL TO LOCATE FACILITY IN NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY

Nucor Steel West Virginia has been evaluating sites north of New Cumberland to locate a transloading and processing facility. In April, Nucor closed on two real estate parcels: the Brenneman property which was purchased for $4.2 million and the Robert and Michelle Chambers property for…

WMC moves towards completion of new $65M health information system.

WMC moves towards completion of new $65M Electronic Health Information System (Weirton, WV) – New information today from Weirton Medical Center (WMC) regarding the installation of the hospital’s new electronic health information system.  WMC and Oracle Cerner began work in January on implementation of a…