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NEW CUMBERLAND LIONS MEET

The meeting was called to order by 2nd Vice President Jeanne Cox.  Lion Rick Tinsky offered the prayer and Lion Alan Lee led the Pledge of Allegiance.  The club remembered Lion Dick Rodgers who passed away on December 30, 2023.  Lion Dick Rodgers joined the New Cumberland Lions…

JENNINGS RANDOLPH BRIDGE TO REOPEN THIS AFTERNOON

CHARLESTON, WV – The Jennings Randolph Bridge, which carries US 30 across the Ohio River between Chester, West Virginia, and East Liverpool, Ohio, is scheduled to reopen to traffic this afternoon. The bridge was closed on Monday, December 11, 2023, after a federally mandated inspection discovered cracking…

LANE RESTRICTION ON COVE ROAD

HANCOCK COUNTY, WV – County Route 507 (Cove Road), from milepost 0.00 to milepost 3.05, in Weirton, will be reduced to one lane, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., beginning on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, through Friday, January 12, 2024, for tree trimming.  Flaggers will maintain traffic  …

WV PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO REOPEN NEWELL/HANCOCK CASE

CHARLESTON – State regulators on Thursday agreed to reopen the case of a troubledNorthern Panhandle utility over funding issues.The petition involves The Newell Company, which was found by the Public ServiceCommission of West Virginia to be a failing utility in 2022. The Commission issued anorder…

HANCOCK COMMISSION APPROVES APPOINTMENTS FOR COMING YEAR

Hancock County ended the year finalizing preparations for a shared election with the City of Weirton and prepared for the new year by authorizing committee and personnel appointments for 2024. The effort to consolidate municipal and state and county elections whenever feasible has resulted in…