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WHEELING – A portion of Chapline Street in Center Wheeling is scheduled to be closed for 11 months, according to city officials, who on Monday released a projected timeline for the dismantling of the Center Wheeling Parking Garage. The work will begin on Monday, March 4, and Chapline Street from 20th Street to 22nd Street […]

WHEELING – The Hempfield Tunnel on Heritage Trail at Tunnel Green in Wheeling is expected to re-open to the public sometime in April if a new plan is approved to repair a deteriorating portion of the historic tunnel. This week, an ordinance was introduced before Wheeling City Council authorizing City Manager Robert Herron to spend […]

WHEELING – City officials on Tuesday night agreed that Wheeling’s Vacant Building Code does a good job in keeping property owners from letting structures fall into disrepair, but council members noted that the code could be tweaked to be more flexible for those working to get their buildings occupied. During Tuesday night’s meeting of Wheeling […]

By this summer, Wheeling will have a freshly paved street running through downtown."The streetscape, they're planning on doing Main Street,” WVDOH District 6 Ma

One of Wheeling’s gems is Centre Market. From small shops to favorite eateries, it truly is one of the treasures that makes the city unique. Now, though, access to Centre Market is limited on two fronts, due to work on the Market Street bridge and, now, a sewer line separation project on 22nd Street — […]

WHEELING – A new sewer separation project in Center Wheeling has begun, resulting in the closure of a portion of 22nd Street near Centre Market until April. Crews from Cast & Baker Corporation of Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, recently moved heavy equipment and materials into the block of 22nd Street between Main and Market streets, just west […]

WHEELING – Demolition debris from the dismantling of the Center Wheeling Parking Garage will be used as concrete-based fill material to raise Wheeling’s remediated 19th Street former industrial property out of the floodplain. City leaders indicated that this project is expected to serve as a creative and efficient way to “kill two birds with one […]

For quite some time, many have pondered the future of the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge. That question remains unanswered.The 175-year-old bridge has been

Public transportation remains important to our region’s future. A levy coming up in May to keep the buses rolling in Wheeling deserves the public’s support — particularly now that the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority is scheduling runs to where the public needs to go, such as shopping venues and the West Virginia Department of […]

WHEELING – Councilman Ben Seidler expressed his disappointment Tuesday night not only about the “hint” state officials recently gave about the future of the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge but also about the apparent lack of communication between the state and city leaders regarding such issues. During Tuesday evening’s city council meeting, Seidler – the Ward […]