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Snow Goes, Cigarettes Stay

Photos by Shelley Hanson Sanitarian Charles Fisher on Tuesday checks out cigarette butts littering mulched areas in front of the Wheeling City-County Building.
March 10, 2010

WHEELING — Once covered by layers of snow, hundreds of cigarette butts litter the area in front of the City-County Building.

Workers and visitors often can been seen smoking on the building’s front porch. And since there currently is no ashtray or urn for folks to use, some smokers flick their butts on the porch, onto the sidewalks and Chapline Street, and into mulch surrounding decorative bushes owned by the county. A few years ago, a smoldering cigarette butt caught dry mulch on fire in front of the building, prompting a visit by the Wheeling Fire Department.

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Emergency Alerts Phoning Homes

March 10, 2010

WHEELING — Ohio County’s emergency managers are working on new methods to quickly inform people of chemical spills or other potential disasters.

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Seals: Explain Salary Increases

March 9, 2010

WHEELING — Councilman Vernon Seals has no problem with City Manager Robert Herron granting 8- to 11-percent pay raises to the city’s department heads. He just wants to know about it in advance from now on.

“That wages and salaries ...

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$13.5M Weirton Budget Finalized

March 9, 2010

WEIRTON — City Council has given its stamp of approval to Weirton’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Council members during their Monday meeting unanimously approved the $1.

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