Both the Hancock County Commissioners and the Hancock County Board of Education have been tremendously supportive of placing police resource officers in the schools. Hancock County, in fact, was one of the schools to progress to having an officer in each of the elementary, middle…
(The WV Public Service Commission has ruled that the City of Chester has followed the proper procedure and met every requirement necessary to enact a water rate increase. The following letter was sent to Mayor Ed Wedgewood confirming the necessary criteria had been met.) Mayor…
New Cumberland City Council held its first monthly meeting at the new city building on River Avenue. The building at one time served as an office and storage for longtime businessman, the late Benny Phillips, and was home to the Yaught Club. It most recently…
CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued orders Thursday opening general investigations into the security against computer attacks (cyberattacks) of water and sewer utilities across the state. “Cyberattacks against water and sewer utilities are increasing throughout the United States,” the Commission said in…
CHARLESTON, WV – The West Virginia Department of Transportation’s (WVDOT) Co-op program is set to welcome over 100 college students to the program this summer.The kick off to this year’s program is Monday May, 20, 2024. The program is designed to provide Engineering, Accounting, Information Technology, Law, Business, Environmental,…
George Hines, community service director, wields a vacuum cleaner as the City offices moved to the new city building on River Avenue. All city employees pitched in for the move into the newly refurbished building. (not pictured is Tammy Jenkins, city clerk, who was busy…
The City of Chester will have an ordinance before them at the May 6th Council meeting that re-adopts a previous ordinance necessary for a water rate increase. Council will then take the post-adoption steps necessary to reflect the improvements being funded by three different sources.…
A proposal to approve the PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement for Nucor Steel of West Virginia, LLC, and Hancock County died for lack of a motion at Thursdays County Commission meeting. The incentive program is used as an economic development incentive to attract…
CHARLESTON, W.VA.— U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Jim Risch (R-ID) last week reintroduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 15-21, 2024, as National Osteopathic Medicine Week. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the service and dedication of Doctors of Osteopathic…