WHEELING – The former Wheeling Inn on Main Street will soon be coming down as members of Wheeling City Council are slated to act on legislation that will award a bid for its demolition. A new ordinance is expected to be introduced during Tuesday’s Wheeling City Council meeting to authorize City Manager Robert Herron to […]
WHEELING U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said he will do all he can to help obtain federal aid and assistance for local areas affected by flooding. Manchin, D-W.Va, spoke on the issue while traveling in the Northern Panhandle on Thursday. “I went up and down the panhandle, and it was just horrible,” Manchin said during […]
Bids ranging from just over $400,000 to just under $1 million have been offered for the job of demolition and environmental remediation of the former Wheeling Inn. Yet, dollar signs aren’t the only factors that will come into play in the decision, which likely will come after the Easter holiday. The former hotel’s demolition ultimately […]
WHEELING – Woodsdale Elementary School students are reading books, and their efforts are bringing a book vending machine to the school. The school’s student council had a goal of raising $7,000 needed for the book vending machine, and members organized a school-wide read-a-thon to bring in the money. The members also went out to local […]
MOUNDSVILLE – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice helped hand out millions of dollars in environmental and arts grants during a ceremony held Thursday at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville. Justice received help from Randall Reid-Smith, curator of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, and two local West Virginia Commission […]