W.Va. charter board considering seeking same border privileges as traditional public schools

September 11, 2026

CHARLESTON - West Virginia's small system of virtual and physical public charter schools is setting its sights on attracting students from border states if the legislature agrees to make changes to state law. Barry Holstein, executive director of the state Professional Charter School Board (PCSB) briefed board members during a regularly scheduled virtual meeting Thursday morning about possible legislative priorities for the 2027 60-day regular session. One of those items including asking lawmakers to make changes to state code to allow public charter schools in counties bordering neighboring states to be able to accept students…

Voices of Flight 93 still echo

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Picture This: A Fresh Coat of Paint

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Commission wants meeting with Peoples Cartage leaders over bill related to fire

PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Commission wants to have a meeting with representatives of Peoples Cartage regarding an outstanding bill…

PHS students help younger gardeners at Criss

PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg High School's Native Roots Club helped Criss Elementary School students harvest vegetables, prepare garden beds for winter and…

Seasons open this weekend in WV

Several hunting seasons open Saturday, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources said. The first split of youth black bear…

Community News

Submissions open for annual cookbook contest

PARKERSBURG — As autumn approaches, so does the annual tradition of the Parkersburg News…

Picture This: The Start of It All

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Local Sports

Second half splurge carries PHS past Huntington, 3-1

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Back-to-back state champs being honored at PHS

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Business

West Virginia takes ‘significant step forward’ in campaign to host federal nuclear campus

CHARLESTON – After a campaign led by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia is now…

Tourist bureau chief retiring, interim named

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MHS receives vascular surgery award

More support needed for childcare expansion, panelists say

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Editorials

Have we forgotten?

“Never forget.” What did we mean, when we declared as a country that we would forever remember the events and lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001? What do those words mean to the people born afterward? They are Gen Z and Gen Alpha, now. All they know is what they read in history books,…

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Local columns

Backyard Gardener: Lettuce continue fall gardening

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Hopefully, cool temperatures are just around the corner as the summer heat hangs on. Remember that fall is a great time to test your soil, a free service here in West Virginia. As backyard gardeners continue the harvest, contact the WVU Extension Office with your canning, freezing, gardening,…

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Obituaries

Nina Jean Allman

It is with sadness and much love that we mourn the passing of Nina Jean Allman, of Mineral Wells, on September 4, 2026, at the age of 88. Following a year of battling illnesses. Born June 8, 1938, Nina grew up on a farm in Rockport. On May 19, 1956, at age 18, she…

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