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More than a year after Wheeling City Council adopted a new Upper Floor Incentive Program, the first participant in the initiative has been approved for funding. This month, members of Wheeling City Council passed the first resolution to provide an Upper Floor Incentive Program grant for LSRG LLC in the amount of $200,000. The registered […]

The Wheeling Police Department announced Tuesday which roads will be closed and where parking restrictions will be in place in the Center Wheeling/downtown area on Friday for the city’s annual Fantasy in Lights Parade. The parade route is different this year from the usual downtown Wheeling path, due to the extensive Downtown Streetscape work. This […]

WHEELING — An amended ordinance to ban camping on public property in the city of Wheeling was passed by a majority vote from members of city council on Tuesday night. The controversial issue has been a brewing topic over the past few weeks since the camping ban legislation was introduced in October, prompting several members […]

TRIADELPHIA — Public employees in the Northern Panhandle got an opportunity to voice their concerns Monday night about proposed fiscal year 2025 benefit plans before officials from the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency. Monday evening’s session at The Highlands Event Center was the first of several public hearings scheduled to take place throughout the […]

Motorists passing by the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge likely got to see what the span will look like nightly with the recent testing of its new LED lights. Advantage Steel, the general contractor, said on its social media that the lighting company, Specialty Groups Inc., had installed the new lights and were testing them. “Team […]

Work is underway in South Wheeling to bring major renovations to the playground at Pulaski Field. City crews last week began site preparations at the playground, clearing the surface and preparing the property for the private contractor. Early this month, members of Wheeling City Council approved an ordinance authorizing the expenditure of $260,150 with Savage […]

Students in the Elm Grove and Bethlehem elementary After School Arts Program helped bring historic figures from Wheeling’s past back to life Thursday night, thanks in large part to grant funding aimed at helping to enrich the arts in school. Parents and educators gathered for a special performance at Elm Grove Elementary School on Thursday […]

WHEELING — Nearly a year to the day after the announcement was made that a new regional cancer center was coming to the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus, the lease for the property was officially signed, and site work on the multimillion-dollar project that promises to transform Center Wheeling is set to begin. Officials […]

WHEELING — Issues surrounding the ongoing work on the new Wheeling Fire Department Headquarters project are currently being ironed out as multiple subcontractors recently walked off the job site. Construction of the new $9 million facility is ongoing at the East Wheeling site, but Wheeling City Manager Robert Herron confirmed that a number of subcontractors […]

WHEELING — Members of Wheeling City Council seem to be exploring new avenues to tackle issues surrounding the city’s homeless community, but questions have arisen about whether effective incentives are in place to actually reduce the number of unhoused individuals in town. Or, as one councilman posited during Tuesday’s meeting, has homelessness become a multimillion-dollar […]