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Emergency

Belmont County Issues Press Release After CodeRED Hack Exposes Thousands to Possible Data Theft

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio - Belmont County 911 Director Brian Minder issued the following press release Nov. 25 regarding the CodeRED emergency notification hack that...

Hackers Steal Personal Data, Passwords of Nearly 11,000 Belmont County Residents in CodeRED Emergency Alert System Breach

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio - Nearly 11,000 Belmont County residents may have had their personal data and passwords stolen and published online by hackers in...

Belmont County Emergency Alert System Now Working

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio - Belmont County 911 Director Brian Minder responded to River News on Friday in an email to report that the county's...

Local Air Medical Providers Unite to Improve Service

OHIO VALLEY - The region’s medical helicopter providers are preparing to join forces under a new resource-sharing alliance aimed at improving emergency response and...

Belmont County CodeRED 911 Alert System Fails, Leaving Citizens Vulnerable and Uninformed

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio - Belmont County residents have been left without an emergency alert system for nearly one week, leaving them possibly vulnerable in...

Belmont County 911 Director Issues Statement on CodeRed Emergency Alert Outage

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio - River News reported earlier Wednesday on the CodeRED emergency alert system being down for nearly a week. Belmont County 911...

New 9-1-1 Upgrades Coming to Belmont and Jefferson Counties

Emergency communications in both Belmont and Jefferson Counties are set for major improvements as officials prepare to roll out upgraded 9-1-1 systems and equipment. Belmont...

Marshall County Authorities Seek Public’s Help to Find Stolen Fire Chief’s Pickup Truck

MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. - The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen pickup truck belonging to the...

Wheeling Welcomes New $8.5 Million Medical Evacuation Helicopter

WHEELING, W.Va. - HealthNet Aeromedical Services and WVU Medicine celebrated the arrival of a new Airbus H-135 medical evacuation helicopter in Wheeling Monday. The helicopter,...

Wetzel County 911 Launches New Text-to-911 Service

NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. — Wetzel County 911 has announced that its new Text-to-911 service is now live, giving residents an additional way to reach emergency services...
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