Jeff Toquinto

After a run of new businesses following the arrival of Boscov’s in 2023, another business has shut its doors permanently. This one is of the local variety.

Members of the Benedum Airport Authority covered a jam-packed agenda with multiple critical items on Tuesday. And while many of the topics involved projects in the tens of millions of dollars, one item discussed will gain the attention of the traveling public.

The first building at the new West Virginia AeroTech Park will be in a new location as soon as survey work in the area approved by the Benedum Airport Authority last week is completed.

The Bridgeport Police Department received some much-needed equipment, and it came from groups that regularly do honorable deeds for law enforcement.

Bridgeport’s newest business has been open less than a month and is already doing a solid business but is ready to expand their client base.

For those wondering about the Bridgeport Fire Department’s presence along with other city staff on Deegan Lake this week, there is a reason for it. Officials are doing investigative work to check on the infrastructure and report findings back to City Council.

Barring a change of heart, a section of White Oaks will see nearly 12 acres moved into an existing Planned Unit Development to help facilitate a tract known as “Oakwood Estates.”

The significant drop of water at Deegan Lake is largely a result of what many have suspected – the ongoing drought. However, at Monday’s Bridgeport City Council meeting City Engineer Beth Fox said there is another contributing factor that has to be dealt with.

A $25 million-plus project that broke ground in Bridgeport more than three years ago should see its main component completed next month.

Law enforcement from across Harrison County, along with officials from the Harrison County Board of Education, gathered in Clarksburg today in an effort to alleviate concerns regarding reports of online threats at local schools and how to address those concerns.