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SWANEY LIBRARY INTERIM DIRECTOR NAMED

  · Swaney Memorial Library Board would like to welcome Shauna Andrews as our Interim Director of Library Services and extend a formal welcome to Hannah Kuhn as the Assistant to the Director. Please stop in to welcome them and say hello. Shauna comes to the Swaney…

WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER JAN. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Date of Birth Baby’ s sex Parents Names City of Residence State of Residence 1/3/2022 Girl Kayla Largent and Dustin Olinski Cadiz OH 1/5/2022 Girl Mr and Mrs William and Janice Board Irondale OH 1/5/2022 Boy Mr and Mrs Jeffrey Young Weirton WV 1/5/2022 Boy…

WV CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU ASSOCIATION RELEASE ANNUAL REPORT

4,000 lodging partners represented CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (WVACVB) has released its 2021 annual report. The report highlights the success and importance of CVBs in the mountain state.The annual report features 38 different WVACVB members whose organizations have dedicated more…

PSC WARNS OF UTILITY BILL SCAM

CHARLESTON, WV – There is a new twist to an old phone scam and the Public Service Commission is cautioning utility customers to be on the alert.  This latest version is particularly disturbing because the callers have enough specific information about your utility bill to make…

OBITUARY: LORA SUTHERIN

Lora L (Tibbs)(Henderson) Sutherin, 90, was born on June 19, 1931 in Holidays Cove, WV.   On Sunday January 23, 2022 she reunited with her loving husband Clayton W Sutherin, a daughter, Doris M (Henderson) Covarrubias, her son in law Robert Covarrubias , both from Chicago,…

OUR HISTORY…..OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer

The Coke Plant explosion on Brown’s Island resulted in tremendous loss of life and on top of the fatalities, another forty to sixty people suffered serious injuries. At the time of the blast, the coke oven battery itself was relatively complete and was in heat-up…

HANCOCK SCHOOLS WORKING ON NEW WEBSITE

       A new website will soon better serve the students and parents and in Hancock County.   The Board of Education heard a presentation on the features of the website from Steve McKinney, director of Technology for the County.  McKinney said the site  is being worked…

ELECTION 2022 UPDATE – JAN 24

Filings on Jan. 24, 4 p.m. House of Delegates -2nd District Ronnie Jones (Democrat) Hancock County Board of Education – non-partisan – Gerard Spencer Hancock County Republican Executive Committee – Male Greg Baldt Marcus Trelaine Ricky Eric Baldt Mark Tetrault Hancock County Republican Executive Committee…