CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that she doesn’t believe future federal disaster declarations will take as long as the one West Virginia received this week for June flooding in Ohio and Marion counties. Speaking to West Virginia reporters on a Thursday afternoon ...
WHEELING — Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Survivor and Disaster Relief and Recovery centers could be up and running in Ohio County as soon as next week, state and local officials said Thursday. Gov. Patrick Morrisey — in his fifth visit to Ohio County since the deadly June 14 ...
MARIETTA — The board for the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley met with the Washington County Commission after its regular agenda on Thursday. The HSOV has exceeded its holding capacity for dogs which is supposed to be a maximum of 50 but has reached up to 120 dogs this summer. The board ...
COOLVILLE — Coolville residents are concerned about a significant number of deer dying in the area. A representative of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources this week confirmed one positive case of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in Athens County. Another test from a deer found in ...
HARPERS FERRY — The National Park Service is closing its training programs at the Stephen T. Mather Training Center in Harpers Ferry, ending more than six decades of in-person training for new rangers and cultural resource specialists. It joins the Horace P. Albright Training Center in Grand ...
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