CHARLESTON – Two months into the new fiscal year, West Virginia is showing a modest tax revenue surplus, but the state’s finances did not trigger a new personal income tax cut and state departments and…
First bill from Justice cleared for president’s desk to honor Woody Williams, Medal of Honor recipients
CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Justice's first bill to land on the desk of President Donald Trump will pay tribute…
Ritchie County man admits to inciting violence against law enforcement
CLARKSBURG – A Pennsboro man has admitted to solicitating others online to attack federal law enforcement, U.S. Attorney Matthew L.…
"Born This Way" star to keynote 33rd People First self-advocacy conference
RIPLEY – People First of West Virginia, a statewide self-advocacy organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will hold…
House candidate Beanard facing domestic battery charge
PARKERSBURG – A candidate for the House of Delegates is set for a hearing on a charge of domestic battery…
Local man lays wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Wood County man and his family participated in a wreath-laying ceremony in a solemn act of…
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Community News
Washington County Fair opens with weekend in Marietta
MARIETTA – The Washington County Fair kicks off this Labor Day weekend for its…
Washington County Sheriff's office announces new Mounted Unit
PARKERSBURG – The AFL-CIO Appalachian Council Head Start Program in Wood County is taking applications for…
AFL-CIO Appalachian Council Head Start Program taking applications
Today: Traditional Health with Maxine Hobbs, 1-2 p.m., Belpre Public Library Lego Club- Kids event, 5…
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Local Sports
Patriots continue dominance, roll Red Dragons 9-0
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg South came out firing on all cylinders here Tuesday evening inside…
South volleyball sweeps Marietta, Hurricane
WVU O-line confident ahead of Week 1
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER Sissonville 3, Williamstown 1 S: Blake Cruickshank, 24th minute W: Macy Phelps,…
Scoreboard (9/1)
Business
Tucker County data center opponents seek hearing
DAVIS – A Tucker County grassroots group of local citizens and two conservation groups are asking for their concerns about a proposed data center to be heard in court, following the state Intermediate Court of Appeals' issuing of two procedural dismissals. The two Tucker United appeals cases regarded the state Department of Environmental Protection’s…
PARKERSBURG – Coplin Health Systems is receiving a nearly $116,000 grant to help expand dental care…
Coplin receiving Highmark grant to expand dental care access
PARKERSBURG – Applications are being accepted for the new Emergency Medical Technician short-term program to prepare…
Applications for WVU-P EMT short-term program accepted
Camden Clark recognizes seventh nursing cohort
Editorials
Streamlined: Charleston should weigh benefits of AI
Technology can be a wonderful thing — when it is working properly and we understand it. Though it doesn’t always deliver on its promises, it seems one improvement in the technology in the Hope Scholarship Program IS delivering what taxpayers demand. State Treasurer Larry Pack, also chairman of the Hope Scholarship Board, said last…
Driving: Teen motorist ranking is a reason to be proud
High Points of the Valley
Determined: Small business success must be just the start
Local columns
Reporter's Notebook: GOP family feud
The Way I See It: New sheriff in town was the first Buckeye
Editor's Notes: Parton brought light to the world
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Let that sink in
Obituaries
Joseph Faulkner
Joseph Faulkner, 68, passed away Aug. 22, 2026 in Parkersburg. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.
Phyllis Barber Harris
Sharon Lucille Jenkins
George Allen Knotts
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