CHARLESTON If public colleges and universities in West Virginia plan to survive, especially after COVID-19 has wrecked enrollment numbers, they need to meet
CHARLESTON If public colleges and universities in West Virginia plan to survive, especially after COVID-19 has wrecked enrollment numbers, they need to meet
There was a time in Wheeling’s developing years that many neighborhoods were identified by their ethnicity. Our dad grew up in the mostly German enclave of ho
From Staff Reports
The state of West Virginia reached another somber milestone of the COVID-19 pandemic Friday, surpassing 2,000 COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began.
The Department of Health and Human Resources reported 23 new deaths in a 24-hour period in its Friday update. West Virginia now has experienced 2,006 COVID deaths since the pandemic’s start.
It took West Virginia until Dec.15 to reach 1,000 deaths. It took only until Friday to report the next 1,000.
Meanwhile, the rolling seven-day average of percent positivity has dropped throughout the state since Sunday. On that day, the percent positivity was 9.36. By Thursday, that number was cleaved by more than half to 4.66.
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Helping Heroes: a Center for Veterans Resources plans to enter into a temporary lease with the city of Wheeling for space on the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus previously occupied by Hillcrest behavioral health.
WHEELING – City officials continue picking up new tenants for the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus. The latest agency to move in is Helping Heroes: a Center for Veterans Resources.
The Development Committee of Wheeling City Council met this past week to discuss a proposal from Helping Heroes, a community-based nonprofit organization. The group provides support services and resources to homeless and near homeless veterans, as well as other veterans in need from the Northern Panhandle in Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Marshall and Wetzel counties.