HUNTINGTON â Huntington City Council meetings have been closed to the public for over a year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The meetings closed to the public in March 2020, shortly after the coronavirus began. Since then, city meetings have been broadcast live on the cityâs website, on Facebook and on channel 24 on the Comcast/Xfinity cable system. Residents can submit public comments to the city clerk prior to meetings.
Council Chairwoman Jennifer Wheeler said Friday following new guidelines from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which said vaccinated adults can go without masks unless local or state guidelines require a mask, that the council is interested in what the CDC says. She added for the most part that the council has operated based on local recommendations from the health department and the state of West Virginia.
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Ohio County Commissioner Don Nickerson, left, and Commission President Randy Wharton, listen to concerns during Tuesday s commission meeting.
WHEELING Ohio County commissioners made changes to the Ohio County Development Authority Board Tuesday night, replacing two members and appointing two others to take their places. One of those removed, though, said she was unaware she was being replaced.
OCDA Vice President Nancy Weeks a member since the OCDA was formed in 2007 was the first removal from the board. She will be replaced by Del. Erikka Storch, R-Ohio, also president of the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce.
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CHARLESTON A lawsuit brought by a lobbyist against a former state schools superintendent and a current Department of Education official was dismissed Wednesday after a settlement between the parties was reached.
According to a document filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, lobbyist Jason Webb, former state superintendent of schools Steve Paine, and Assistant State Superintendent of Schools Jan Barth agreed to a dismissal of the federal lawsuit.
According to the filing, both parties agreed to a dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be re-filed. Both parties agreed to bear their own costs and fees associated with the lawsuit.
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PAINE Former State Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine.
CHARLESTON A lawsuit brought by a lobbyist against a former state schools superintendent and a current Department of Education official was dismissed Wednesday after a settlement between the parties was reached.
According to a document filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, lobbyist Jason Webb, former state superintendent of schools Steve Paine, and Assistant State Superintendent of Schools Jan Barth agreed to a dismissal of the federal lawsuit.
According to the filing, both parties agreed to a dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be re-filed. Both parties agreed to bear their own costs and fees associated with the lawsuit.