Local Landscaper Wins Show of Hands, Here’s What He Had To Say Alex Panas April 6, 2022 On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, more than 200 people gathered at the Wheeling Artisan Center to celebrate the return of Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands program. This community-supported crowdfunding event provi...
The 13-Year-Old McLure Hotel Bellboy Who Became America’s “Hotel Man of the Half-Century” Emma Wiley August 18, 2021 Walking or driving down Market Street recently, you may have noticed some new activity at the McLure Hotel, including a new paint job, but the establishment has a much longer history. Originally named the McLur...
A Wheeling Company Changes the World Sarah Cuff Koegler July 15, 2017 9 As we pulled into Touchstone Research Laboratory in the Triadelphia area of Ohio County, CEO and Founder, Brian Joseph, met us in the parking lot wearing a goofy pair of toy glasses - a gift from his five-year-...
WVSBDC Offers Small Business Workshop in Ohio County Catherine Zacchi December 19, 2016 A workshop on Business Fundamentals is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon,Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Ohio County. The workshop is part of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WVSBDC) training and busin...
Innovative Coal Technology Company Goes Public Glynis Board October 27, 2016 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story and audio here: Listen A research lab in the Northern Panhandle has produced two new companies. One compresses coal i...
Do Something: Simple. Craft. Beer. Jeremy Larance August 1, 2016 1 Hunter S. Thompson once claimed that an old Celtic adage, “Good people drink good beer, “ is just as true today as it ever was. “Just look around you,” he said, "in any public barroom, and you will quickly see:...
Capes and Tiaras Wins Pitch Contest Maureen Zambito May 18, 2016 West Liberty University’s seventh Entrepreneur Pitch Contest resulted in a winning new business, Capes and Tiaras, taking home a prize of $2,500. Capes and Tiaras was pitched by Tricia Goode and Jod...
The Success Stories of Theresa Childers Steve Novotney January 30, 2016 4 It is a small area of Wheeling that now receives rave reviews, but Centre Market once was a problem for the antique storeowners, the area’s residents, and for law enforcement because of drug dealing and prostit...
Pitch Contest Fuels Downtown Businesses Maureen Zambito October 7, 2015 The last two West Liberty University Entrepreneurs Pitch Contest winners have since opened Downtown Wheeling businesses. Today, the two establishments are thriving and inspiring others to do the same. Sept...
