Looking back

The last Sunday of the year is the time for newspapers to look back in end-of-the-year stories.

The Wheeling Intelligencer wrote about the old Benwood Bridge was supposed to be dropped into the river with explosives or dismantled before the end of the year, but the bridge is still there.

The Beaver County Times made a brief mention of the voyage of the LST-325 up the river in late summer.

The Herald-Dispatch in Huntington noted the opening of a new riverfront restaurant and a small excursion boat that operates out of it.