Ohio County Development News Today

WHEELING – Teenage robotics teams from across the U.S. – and even a few from Canada – are coming to The Highlands this week for a chance to win a place in this spring’s world championships. “The Gateway to the West” is a signature event of the international VEX VRC Robotics Competition. It is scheduled […]

WHEELING – The Ohio County Clerk’s Officehad its best month ever after collecting more than $200,000 in December, and one day alone saw them take in nearly $100,000. County Clerk Mike Kelly told commissioners about the rise in collections, which he largely attributed to the sale and transfer of property from the former Robinson Automotive […]

TRIADELPHIA – The funding mechanism for development at The Highlands has been assured for the next 30 years, and that will help as movement continues to build a second interchange off of Interstate 70 at the property. The original tax increment financing (TIF) district that provided the financial resources to begin development at The Highlands […]

TRIADELPHIA — The funding mechanism for development at The Highlands has been assured for the next 30 years, and that will help as movement continues to build

A new business is coming to The Highlands that involves safety, training, fun, and guns.It's called Guntry, and Ohio County will be home to its second location.

TRIADELPHIA — The Highlands Development property — when it was mostly a barren field in tax year 2005 — brought in just $3,958 in revenue to Ohio County Schools. But what a difference 18 years, a Cabela’s, a Walmart, a Target, a J.C. Penney, a Menards and many other stores make. For 2023, it is […]

jking@theintelligencer.net Photo by Joselyn King Ohio County Commissioner Don Nickerson, left, and Commission President Randy Wharton, listen to concerns during Tuesdays commission meeting. WHEELING — Ohio County commissioners made changes to the Ohio County Development Authority Board Tuesday night, replacing two members and appointing two others to take their places. One of those removed, though, said she was unaware she was being replaced. OCDA Vice President Nancy Weeks — a member sinc...

Apr 29, 2021 More than a year after the pandemic changed how everything in our lives operates — including government — it continues to concern us that some local governments fail to adequately host meetings accessible to the public. Two recent examples come to mind. First was a meeting of St. Clairsville City Council from earlier this month. The council there has been hosting meetings via conference call, with no public participation other than to listen in. Not only was the public shut o...

eayres@theintelligencer.net WEST LIBERTY — West Liberty University’s Board of Governors on Wednesday announced its support of its President W. Franklin Evans, who joined two other local college presidents last month in a public stance against the city of Wheeling’s effort to bring another college to town. The statement released Wednesday aligns WLU’s board with the boards from Wheeling University and West Virginia Northern Community College, which also issued public statements in suppor...

For The Times Leader TRIADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania resident recently came to Howard’s Diamond Center at The Highlands to purchase a 4-carat diamond ring. He paid a lower sales tax rate than he would have in an Allegheny County neighborhood. The ring cost more than $18,000. The current West Virginia consumer sales tax is 6 percent, adding about another $1,100 to the cost. In Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, an additional 1 percent is added to the state’s base tax rate of 6 percent, bring...