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Apr 29, 2021 The development of the new Ohio River bridge between Wellsburg and Brilliant took a big step forward this week when the main 830-foot span was floated down the river and lifted onto its piers. While the bridge itself is far from complete, the event serves as a major milestone in a decades-long effort to improve the infrastructure and connectivity of our region. For years, area officials looked at the need for a new bridge in our area. The Veterans Memorial Bridge was completed in 1991, making our newest span now 30 years old. The Fort Steuben Bridge was built in 1928 and demolish...

Apr 29, 2021 The development of the new Ohio River bridge between Wellsburg and Brilliant took a big step forward this week, when the main 830-foot-span was floated down the river and lifted onto its piers. While the bridge itself is far from complete, the event serves as a major milestone in a decades-long effort to improve the infrastructure and connectivity of our region. For years, area officials looked at the need for a new bridge in our area. The Veterans Memorial Bridge was completed in 1991, making our newest span now 30 years old. The Fort Steuben Bridge was built in 1928 and demolis...

John McCabe | Apr 7, 2021 WHEELING — For years, families in this region with children requiring sub-specialty care regularly had to travel to children’s hospitals in Pittsburgh or Columbus for treatment. But now, with Wheeling Hospital being part of WVU Medicine and its WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital, that deeper level of care can be found closer to home. For Amy Bush, chief operating officer at WVU Medicine Children’s, that means specialized care and follow-up care for young residents in the Northern Panhandle and Upper Ohio Valley. “First of all, it’s our privilege to bring su...

LOG IN Offering World-Class Health Care Looking around Wheeling Hospital, its inclusion into the West Virginia University Health System is obvious. The “Flying WV,” the logo synonymous with WVU, can be found prominently and abundantly. Yet, Wheeling Hospital CEO Douglass Harrison said that the hospital joining the WVU team is much more than a cosmetic change. It’s a change that he feels will benefit Wheeling and the Ohio Valley immediately and well into the future. “You’re joining a world-class academic health center and health system,” Harrison said. “As a part of that, WVU med...

Wheeling Hospital CEO says patients benefit most from WVU Medicine takeover By Wheeling Hospital now has the WVU Medicine logos on it. WHEELING, W.Va. — Doug Harrison, the CEO of Wheeling Hospital calls the management takeover by West Virginia University Health System a great expansion in the ability to serve citizens of the Upper Ohio Valley. Harrison was part of the official formalization of the agreement between West Virginia University Health System, Wheeling Hospital, and the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to make the hospital a full member of the WVU network that took place Wednesda...