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Belmont County Captina Watershed Will Benefit from Rural Recreation Planning Grant

Belmont County Captina Watershed Will Benefit from Rural Recreation Planning Grant

On Tuesday,  in support of the Trump Administration’s  Make America Beautiful Commission goals, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Denali Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission announced the selection of 25 small and rural communities from across the country that will receive assistance to grow their outdoor recreation economies through the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program. 

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Ribbon Cutting Opens 2025 Festival

Ribbon Cutting Opens 2025 Festival

Early Thursday evening, Belmont County Tourism Director Jackee Pugh cut the ribbon to officially open the 61st annual Barnesville Pumpkin Festival. Pugh was joined by pumpkin festival committee members, John Rataiczak, “official voice of the festival”, and the festival royalty, Queen Ella Keller, Festival Princess Maggie Schnegg and Mini Miss Rose Jefferis. WTOV Meteorologist Nathan […]

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