Room With A View?
Steel stairs lead to the top of the Red Oak Fire Tower where there's a 14-foot square cabin with panoramic windows and a metal catwalk. There's electricity, but no water.
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Unchecked Data Center Noise Pollution, This West Virginia Morning
Noise pollution has reached dangerous levels for residents living near the Memphis-Mississippi border. That’s the home of Elon Musk’s X-AI data center campus that runs Grok, the AI chatbot for the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter. For the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, WPLN’s Caroline Eggers reports on what’s becoming an emerging model of data center – and unchecked noise pollution.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFree Medical Clinic Comes To Wheeling This Weekend
Area residents in need of free medical care can get help in Wheeling this weekend.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSteps To Protect Our Kids From Harm, This West Virginia Morning
The criminal charges against teacher and now-former delegate Elliott Pritt shocked many. We speak with Moore Capito, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, whose office is prosecuting the case, about what specific steps parents can take to protect their children from predators who seem both successful and safe.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWith Nod To The Past, Wheeling Welcomes Future Project
The JC Lando redevelopment project is the latest downtown development project in the city of Wheeling.
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State’s Sixth Data Center Announced Near Wheeling
Silicon Foundation Energy says a three-phase plan will start with developing 10 megawatts of energy directly from the existing energy grid before expanding to a 100-megawatt regional compute hub
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWheeling Restaurant Recognized As American Classic
Figaretti’s Italian Restaurant was named a James Beard 2026 Restaurant and Chef America's Classics for the Southeast region.
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