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GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County officials conducted one final inspection Thursday of the roughly $1 million rehabilitation of the Gallia-Meigs Regional Airport runway on Eastern Avenue. Delta Airport Consultants Project Manager Steve Potoczak flew into the airport around noon to discuss the closing formalities of the project that began in late September and finished in November. Trevor […]

GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia-Meigs Regional Airport’s roughly $1 million rehabilitation is complete.  According to Gallia County Administrator Karen Sprague, final inspections for the runway rehabilitation projects were completed Nov. 19. The runway’s overall rehabilitation consisted of two projects: an airport and grading drainage project as well as the actual runway rehabilitation itself.  The rehabilitation was

The Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDA) presented its annual Excellence Awards at its 2015 Annual Summit, held October 20-23 at the Columbus Marriott Northwest. The Ohio Economic Development Association’s annual excellence awards program recognizes the achievements of individuals and organizations throughout Ohio in the areas of economic and workforce development. The Downtown Revitalization Project (DRP)

GALLIPOLIS — Ohio Valley Bank is in the process of restoring its old office location at the corner of Second Avenue and State Street. The closing of the deal was announced at last Saturday’s Gallia Academy-River Valley high school football game. According to Bryna Butler, Ohio Valley Bank’s vice president of corporate communications, the old

BIDWELL — Despite the recent snow and bone-chilling temperatures, Love’s Travel Stop officially opened for business Thursday at its new location on Ohio 850 near the U.S. 35 interchange.   Love’s officially opened at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, but the accompanying Hardee’s restaurant will not open until Friday morning.   Construction on the new facility began July 2014

Gallia County is becoming an “old hand” at accepting awards.   The county recently received a $10,000 grant from AEP Ohio for the completion of Community Economic Development Academy.   The CEDA is a multi-phase professional development program. The goal of the program is to better understand the site selection processes the companies utilize to locate new