When a catastrophic main line break depleted Weirton’s water system in late 2024, residents were plunged into a three-month crisis of total outages, painfully low pressure, and tap water that ran in disturbing shades of yellow and brown. The immediate culprit was a failure that rapidly depleted the city’s water reserves, a blow that the…
An inquiry by Bloodhound Media identified a systemic reporting oversight by the Weirton Sanitary Board (WSB) and the Weirton Area Water Board (WAWB) regarding West Virginia’s reporting requirements. Despite actively processing and resolving multiple public records requests, both agencies have failed to log the legally required entries into the West Virginia Secretary of State (SOS)…
FOIA Request Seeks Details on Legal Services for Weirton Utility Boards On February 13, 2026, Bloodhound Media submitted a formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to both the Weirton Sanitary Board (WSB) and the Weirton Area Water Board (WAWB). The inquiry sought to clarify the professional and financial relationship between these public entities and…
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