DATE: July 28, 2026 4:22pm ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ The West Virginia Department of Health (DH) has confirmed a case of measles in an ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ. State health officials are working closely with Barbour County Health Department staff to investigate the case and conduct contact tracing.โฆ
The following personnel actions were approved by State Superintendent Michele Blatt prior to Monday’s Board of Education meeting: Certified – Rescind Reduction in Force Gregory Geis to teacher special education, Oak Glen High; Haley Maxwell – teacher 3rd grade, Weirton Elementary; Teresa Bendel – teacherโฆ
Superintendent Walt Saunders and Board President Jeff Woofter disagreed on whether the name of a certified employee put on suspension should be made public at Monday night’s meeting. The agenda recommended that the suspension placed by Superintendent Saunders be ratified, With the agenda already approved,โฆ
The City of New Cumberland has announced the Yard of the Month winner for July 2026. The winning yard belongs to Deidre Kearns who resides on Second Ave in New Cumberland. is pictured with Luke. She received a check along with the yard of theโฆ
The Fancy Lunch โฆโฆ.Were I too pick out the most memorable moment of the summer of 2026, it would be the launch of the โFancy Lunchโ at our house. The term โfancy lunchโ was coined by my three-year-old great-granddaughter Emilia to describe a day thatโฆ
Diversified Property Management to Luke Allen Bash, $45,000.00 Mingo Junction Steel Works to DOT, Division of Highways Cleveland Cliffs Weirton to WV DOT, Division ickie Haddon to Jessica Fisherm $121,450.00, Butler District Joy Lynn Summers to Brandon Joseph Mullins, Kayla Rose Mullins, Butler District Patriciaโฆ
CHARLESTON โ Broadband expansion efforts were eased somewhat Monday when the Public Service Commission of West Virginia signed off on a settlement of some issues that divided utility pole owners and those wishing to attach equipment to the poles. The matter involves a complaint filed byโฆ
WHEELING, W.VA โ West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) has been awarded $294,616 through the U.S. Department of Labor as part of the West Virginia EMS Workforce Education Grant, a statewide $1.8 million initiative funded through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).The funding willโฆ
John D. Nonamaker, 72, of Chester, passed away peacefully at home, comforted by the love of his family, on Monday, June 22, 2026, after a courageous battle with a lengthy illness. The son of the late Forest Dean and Mary Beatrice โBeaโ Stephens Nonamaker, Johnโฆ