But, in many ways, Howard dreads most the first significant snowfall in the region, and although the National Weather Service is not forecasting any of the white stuff for the Upper Ohio Valley until the first week of December, it’s on his mind.
When officials of the state Department of Transportation developed the amounts of funds that would be distributed to the 10 districts in the Division of Highways for the last year, District 9 was first with 17.25 percent of nearly $1 billion allocated for new projects and core maintenance, and District 6 was last with 8.34 percent.
It is an investigation never before conducted by a law enforcement agency in the Upper Ohio Valley, and that is one reason why the ongoing process is nearing two weeks in length.
Employees of Swank Construction have started removing the decking of the westbound span that extends the length of Wheeling Island to the border of Ohio, and the demolition has caused traffic delays for thousands of motorists traveling Interstate 70.
A concentration on what’s good, however, is persistently present on Bowsher’s “Memories” page thanks to what Wheeling possesses that most other cities do not: a symphony, Oglebay Park, Wheeling Park, the Capitol Theatre, three excellent options for high school, the Ohio River, and Wesbanco Arena.
One of the most noticeable differences witnessed by business owners in Centre Market during the past two months is the absence of customers wearing scrubs into their stores or restaurants.
If the names of the two drivers involved are released by the Wheeling Police Department, LEDE News will not publish them because we feel there is no need to report them.
The city of Wheeling was not awarded a $15.3 million BUILD Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation despite the support from all three of the federal lawmakers representing the Northern Panhandle.
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