PARKERSBURG — SIPS Coffee’s efforts to support breast cancer screenings took owner Jen Allman to Pittsburgh, where the business was invited to serve fans outside a Steelers game. For Allman, who has twice been diagnosed…
$10 million investment to transform historic Glass Press buildings in downtown Marietta
MARIETTA – The owner of a long-vacant pair of historic buildings in downtown Marietta announced on Tuesday a $10 million…
Parkersburg City Council tables future mayor pay hike
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Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Williamstown Elementary
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House Republicans summon Flock Safety to hearings in November
CHARLESTON – Not satisfied with the information provided since August legislative interim meetings, Republican members of the House Government Organization…
Wood BOE sets new school boundaries, discusses behavioral health
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education approved new elementary school attendance boundaries Tuesday evening but tabled a proposed…
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Obituaries
James “Jim” Lewellen Owen
James “Jim” Lewellen Owen, 86, of Spencer, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, at Roane General Hospital, Spencer. Funeral, 1 p.m. Thursday at John H. Taylor Funeral Home, Spencer, with Pastor Mark Wood officiating. Visitation, two hours prior to the funeral. Burial with military honors at Spencer Memorial Cemetery.
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