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WHEELING, WV — United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley today launched a food insecurities grant in partnership with Southwestern Energy (SWN). The grant is op

Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Barge passing through Montgomery locks and dam near Monaca   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan for fiscal year 2021 includes a $22 million jump on upper Ohio River lock projects, while funding remains stable for the Allegheny River locks operations. The work plan details how the Corps divvies up its money to its districts acros...

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Millions awarded to kickstart Montgomery Locks project Funding will be used to solicit and award the first “moderately sized” construction contract at the Montgomery Locks. A construction project to improve the Montgomery Locks near Monaca will begin this year.  The Pittsburgh U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2021 budget includes $22 million allocated to the Upper Ohio Navigation project, a $2.6 billion venture to rep...

Jan 8, 2021 The city of Wheeling couldn’t have received much better news to start 2021 than the announcement Tuesday that Bluefield State College is looking to use a portion of the former Ohio Valley Medical Center property to bring a proposed Engineering and Manufacturing Center to Wheeling. Yes, that’s right, Bluefield State College. Located in Bluefield, West Virginia. About five hours from Wheeling. Bluefield State and the city entered into a memorandum of understanding that allows the ...

Jan 6, 2021 Photo Provided Unified Bank staffers stand with United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Executive Director Jessica Rine. Unified Bank employees donated funds from their pay to those in need through the United Way’s payroll deduction plan. Pictured, from left, are Amy Gresak, retail banking executive for Unified Bank; Rine; Stacy Carpino, retail banking executive for Unified Bank; and Angie Coe, retail banking executive for Unified Bank. Unified Bank carries on tradition of caring MAR...

Premier Bank’s kindness movement Wednesday, December 30, 2020 11:26 AM PREMIER BANK’S KINDNESS MOVEMENT SURPASSES $500,000 IN COMMITMENTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Youngstown, OH (December 17, 2020) – As part of their new movement designed to foster kindness, “ Powered By (kind) People. Fueled By You.” Premier Bank has committed to more than $535,000 in donations benefitting 75+ of the Bank’s community partners who share their dedication and passion for spread...

There’s nothing quite as satisfying as helping other people. I’ve learned this in a variety of ways over the years. From the grin that was always on my dad’s face when he dropped change — or maybe a dollar bill — into one of the Salvation Army’s Red Kettles at Christmastime to the joy I have seen on the faces of those granting wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses, evidence of that satisfaction has presented itself to me time and time again. Earlier this month, I had th...

Times Leader Staff Writer MARTINS FERRY — The recent Operation Toy Lift garnered nearly $12,000 in donations and hundreds of gifts now being used by local charities to make Christmas bright this year for children across the Ohio Valley. The toy drive was a joint operation of the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department, Wheeling Police Department and United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley. Following the drive held outside of the Ohio Valley Mall on Dec. 5, the United Way has allowed various groups ...

Maybe not everybody is seeing rain, but lots of areas were tracking rain shoes the south and upper midwest and in new england. plenty of sog so spots. what i want to focus on the next couple of days, even though there will be multiple areas of rain, if i take you into the upper midwest into the great lakes region, we could see severe weather, today running into sunday as well. beginning to see showers rnounig through portions of wisconsin and see another wave of energy move along and across theo...

But the more important part is the message. central to the obama cap pain strategy in places like ohio and michigan is to talk about the policy on the auto bailout, and how that did save jobs in places like upper ohio and the general election, where it will play out and where romney thinks he could have an advantage by attracting some of the working class voters. this is the difference in the economic message were talking about. by saying we saved part of the ohio economy, the obama campaign thi...