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Cleveland-Cliffs announces new plans for Weirton tinplate plant
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland-Cliffs will give new life to its facility just across the Ohio River, converting the tin plant it recently idled in Weirton, West Virginia, into an electric transformer production plant. Cliffs said the transformation will create 600 jobs in Weirton, creating reemployment opportunities for hundreds of...
West Liberty University and Oglebay’s Good Zoo Receive 21st Century Museum Professionals Program Grant to Support Zoo Science Program
West Liberty, W. Va., July 22, 2024 – West Liberty University (WLU), in collaboration with Oglebay’s Good Zoo, was recently awarded a $258,200 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) prestigious 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (21MP) to support professional development for students in its nationally recognized Zoo Science program.
Gov. Justice, West Virginia officials celebrate plan to revitalize shuttered Weirton steel plant
WEIRTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Just a few months after the Cleveland-Cliffs plant in Weirton closed its doors, a group of officials gathered at the facility Monday to mark the start of its next chapter. Gov. Jim Justice — along with State Treasurer Riley Moore, State Del. Pat McGeehan,...
Cleveland-Cliffs to Boost Weirton Economy with New Electrical Transformer Plant
Cleveland-Cliffs is set to rejuvenate its Weirton assets by transforming them into an advanced electrical transformer production facility. This strategic move aims to invigorate the local economy, which has a rich history in steel production. The company announced the significant investment on Monday morning, with a press conference scheduled for...
Gov. Justice excited for the future of Cleveland Cliffs in Weirton
WEIRTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — West Virginia Governor Jim Justice took the stage in Weirton on Monday as the announcement to bring back the Clevland Cliffs tin plate facility as a transformer manufacturing plant was made. The Governor says the announcement is a win for the Cleveland Cliffs employees, the Weirton community, and for the country […]
Eastern Gateway Community College will have one last commencement before shutting down
Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC) will have its final commencement ceremony on Aug. 10 at the Steubenville campus. The college is set to close its doors permanently on Oct. 31 of this year. The community college issued a press release stating that the ceremony will showcase the hard work, perseverance,...
An attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, Trump’s pick for vice president and how one local nurse saved a little boy’s life: Here’s your top stories
(WTRF) – An attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, Trump’s pick for vice president and how one local nurse saves a little boy’s life 7News Anchor Annalise Murphy looks back at the week’s top stories. What we know about the Trump assassination attempt Former President Donald Trump had an attempted assassination on July […]
Despite ‘Done Deal,’ the Bellaire Bridge Still Stands Unsafely and Unsoundly
That’s what the director of public works and development for the City of Benwood – David McLaughlin – thinks of the ongoing debacle involving the still-standing Bellaire Toll Bridge, a span closed more than 30 years ago that is losing bits and pieces of debris to the Ohio River and the streets below it.
Victorian Mansion Museum hosts backyard barbecue
BARNESVILLE, Ohio (WTRF) — The Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum held a backyard barbecue filled with games, live music, and good food. Guests had the opportunity to play bingo or Jenga, take part in the 50/50 raffle, or tour the 150-year-old museum. For those who took a tour, preserved rooms, clothing, and paintings […]
Fight to the Finish fundraiser helps recovering Ohio Valley resident
GLEN DALE, W.V. (WTRF) — Next Sunday Kathy’s House Foundation is hosting Fight to the Finish, a fundraising event for Glen Dale local, Frank Gilbert. After a scaffolding accident last summer, Frank has been spending his time rehabilitating at the Shepperd Center in Atlanta. In order to help Frank get to the finish line […]
Cleveland-Cliffs to build $150 million plant in West Virginia
Cleveland-Cliffs plans to invest $150 million in a new electrical transformer production plant in West Virginia. The Cleveland-based steelmaker, one of Northwest Indiana's largest employers, is building the plant in Weirton to address a shortage of distribution transformers nationally. West Virginia is shouldering about $50 million of the cost of the project by providing the steelmaker with a forgivable loan.
Cleveland-Cliffs says Weirton site will become state-of-the-art electrical transformer production plant
Cleveland-Cliffs will transform its assets in Weirton into a electrical transformer production plant, jump-starting the region’s economy and providing a charge to an area that has been one of the world’s largest steel producers for generations. The company made the announcement early Monday morning; a press conference in...
St. Clairsville Post 159 Advances To State Tourney
BEVERLY, Ohio — St. Clairsville Post 159 skipper Mike Muklewicz knew his team had to come back focused for Sunday’s second championship game against Beverly-Lowell Post 389/750 with a berth in the Ohio American Legion state baseball tournament on the line for the winner-take-all showdown in the Region 8 District finale at Fort Frye High School.
Why Cliffs, United Steelworkers never lost hope for Weirton plant
In the months after the crushing blow of an idling of a tinplate plant in the center of Weirton, West Virginia, the idea of finding more work continued to be top of mind for Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves, his executive team and local and international representatives from the United Steelworkers.
Cleveland-Cliffs to build transformers in Weirton, saving 600 manufacturing jobs
Cleveland-Cliffs will transform a massive warehouse in Weirton into a hub for electrical transformers that will help modernize the country’s electric grid and save jobs in an industrial town that learned months ago the last vestige of its steel industry was shutting down. The new plant, expected to come...
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