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WHEELING — West Virginia’s top economic researcher predicts growth for Ohio County in the next five years, but suggests the data “maybe isn’t as good” for other local counties. John Deskins — assistant dean and director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research within the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University […]

WHEELING — Desmone Architects will lead the design, engineering and site development of the proposed Wheeling Gateway Center, to be built where the former Wheeling Inn currently stands. The Wheeling Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Tuesday afternoon that Desmone was selected from a group of three finalists including Mills Group and Vridian. Desmone received the […]

WHEELING — When Randall Reid-Smith, curator of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, introduced the Triadelphia Middle School band Monday morning, he asked them to “play loud and proud.” Band students at Triadelphia and Warwood middle schools soon will be playing even louder and prouder, thanks to $40,000 grants each of them […]

WHEELING – The Wheeling Coffee & Spice Co. — its building, equipment and all — is on the market. Realtor Jay Goodman said he has already received a “large number of inquiries” for the purchase of the building, which housed a business with its roots dating back to the late 1800s. The popularity of the […]

Crews drop concrete along Market Street near West Virginia Independence Hall on Tuesday as part of the ongoing Downtown Streetscape Project. Work to replace a sewer line is moving its way up Market Street. (Photo by Derek Redd)

WHEELING — What Ohio County Assistant Prosecutor Shawn Turak believes would have been a 2 1/2-week trial was condensed into a half-hour news conference Thursday, where police and prosecutors in the case of the murder of a man and his pregnant girlfriend outlined the evidence and testimony they would have used during the trial that […]

It has been a time of change at West Liberty University, with new university president Tim Borchers at the center of it. WLU announced in May that Borchers, then the vice president for academic affairs at Peru State College in Nebraska, would become WLU’s 38th president. Since then, he has had to mend fences following […]

Greg Smith speaks to the crowd gathered around him for his portrayal of Dr. John Eoff, perhaps the first medically educated doctor in Wheeling, near Eoff’s gravesite Sunday at Greenwood Cemetery. Smith was among a dozen people portraying notable Wheeling residents interred in Greenwood during cemetery’s historic tour sponsored by the Friends of Wheeling. (Photo […]

As the opening ceremony for the Wellsburg-Brilliant Bridge brought together residents and officials from both sides of the river on Wednesday, Ohio residents speculated about the new span’s pros and cons for the area. The bridge, which opened officially for traffic on Thursday, connects W.Va. 2 south of Wellsburg and Ohio 7. On the Ohio […]

It has been a time of change at West Liberty University, with new university president Tim Borchers at the center of it. WLU announced in May that Borchers, then the vice president for academic affairs at Peru State College in Nebraska, would become WLU’s 38th president. Since then, he has had to mend fences following […]