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Heavy Metal Experience" Leading To Trade Jobs For Recent Grads
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (728+ words) WHEELING " Many of today's recent high school graduates are seeking a "heavy metal experience" in construction trades, and also the opportunity to start earning solid wages the day after commencement. "The Heavy Metal Summer Experience," sponsored though the Sheet Metal…...
CCAP and Cross Fit For Change students honor veterans" graves
2+ week, 6+ day ago (382+ words) MORRISTOWN " Ten students from the Concentrated Conduct Adjustment Program and Cross Fit For Change helped American Legion Post 312 place American flags at military graves across six Belmont County cemeteries. Wednesday marked the third year the students have helped the Legion…...
Indian Creek High students continue environmental quest through Bags to Benches
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (411+ words) WINTERSVILLE " Students in the natural resources pathway at Indian Creek High School are continuing their quest to help the environment through the Bags to Benches program. The ICHS students managed to collect 1, 000 pounds of grocery store bags during its initial…...
Families enjoy sensory-friendly matinee Towngate Theatre
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (277+ words) Attendees of Easterseals Rehabilitation Center's Sensory-friendly matinee showing of the Secret Life of Pets at Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theatre and Cinema watch the movie at the downstairs lobby instead of the theater. WHEELING " Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theatre became an inclusive…...
Waiting list growing for the third annual "Gateway To The West" robotics tournament
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (458+ words) TRIADELPHIA " Robotics teams from across the nation are busy fabricating robots and strategies for the "Gateway To The West" tournament coming to Ohio County next year, but there are no more spots available. The third annual "Gateway To The West…...
Parent and family legislation moving forward in Ohio
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (401+ words) (The Center Square) " One side of the Ohio General Assembly continues to push legislation for two-parent households in the state, while the other wants to revamp how the state handles children in broken homes. The Ohio House of Representatives is…...
Program Strengthens Schools
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (252+ words) Strong schools build strong communities " and nowhere is that more evident than in Ohio University's Rural Teacher Corps. This innovative program isn't just training future educators to teach; it's preparing them to become part of the communities they'll serve. That…...
Princess of Wales suggests parents should put down the phone to combat social discontent
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (187+ words) LONDON (AP) " The Princess of Wales has a suggestion for parents: Please put down the phone. Kate, as she is commonly known, collaborated with adult development researcher Robert Waldinger to warn that technology is contributing to an epidemic of disconnection…...
Student job fair returns bigger and better in 2025
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (222+ words) ST. CLAIRSVILLE " More than 60 businesses and industries across Belmont and Harrison counties will have booths at the Second Annual Belmont'Harrison Road Map for Transition Fair on Oct. 7. The event is from 9 a. m. to noon at the ECO Center in St. Clairsville....
A call to action for the hungry
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (290+ words) September is the start of many things: fthe school year for some, spooky season if you ask the right people. " But this is also Hunger Action Month. Note the difference between this "month" designation and many others. This is not…...