WHEELING – They didn’t plant a dogwood tree, but members of the Wheeling Municipal Tree Board instead selected two native species of trees to plant at the Fitzsimmons Family Dog Park in celebration of Arbor Day on Friday. The annual tree planting took place at the recently reopened dog park at the Tunnel Green Recreation […]
Grooving In The Grove is back for another year in Ohio County. The event, coordinated by The Elm Grove Business Association, will be held Saturday, May 13th, 2023, from 3 pm to 9 pm at the Elm Grove YMCA.
City officials in Wheeling this past week recognized longtime city employee Mike Stahl, who retired from his position in the Engineering Department after 29 years of service to the city. He officially retired from his post last Tuesday. From left are Wheeling City Council members Jerry Sklavounakis, Rosemary Ketchum, Ben Seidler, City Manager Robert Herron, […]
Officials with Ohio County Schools celebrated the official opening of a new accessible playground Wednesday at Warwood Elementary School, a project for which the city of Wheeling provided financial assistance to complete. This ADA compliant playground outside of the elementary school and adjacent middle school complex in Warwood is actually the first phase of a […]
CTC rejects Bluefield State College request for satellite campus in Wheeling By
June 3, 2021 - 1:12 pm
The City of Wheeling and Bluefield State College agreed to an MOU in February on using parts of the old OVMC campus for a branch.
WHEELING, W.Va. Following months of debate between officials with Bluefield State College, the City of Wheeling and local college leaders in Ohio County, the West Virginia Council for Community & Technical College Education rejected the request by Bluefield State College to offer three associate degrees at a satellite campus in the city.
The council (CTC) made the motion unanimously to reject any type of offering on Thursday morning. The coordinating board for West Virginia’s two-year higher education system must approve any new associate degree programs for it to begin.