WVU-Parkersburg Honor Rolls

June 11, 2026

WVU Parkersburg has announced its Spring 2026 President's and Dean's lists. Students on the President's List maintained a 4.0 grade point average while earning 12 or more hours of college credit. Gilmer County: Coxs Mills: Jennifer McNeely. Sand Fork: Jlancey Linden, Montaiginey Linden. Jackson County: Cottageville: Josie Ramsey-Smith, Logan Skurupey. Evans: Parker Cobb, Luke Lowry. Kenna: Carly Anderson, Levi Casto. Millwood: Kaitlin Miller, Braylin Tabor. Ravenswood: Macy Casto, Erica Corbin, Carlee Fort, Emma Jacobs, Kelan Lucas, Ethan Martin, Ali Milhoan, Jacob Murray, Brody ...

Parkersburg residents criticize single-item agenda during city council meeting

June 10, 2026

PARKERSBURG - Residents of Parkersburg criticized city council’s agenda for having only one resolution item during the regular meeting on Tuesday evening. The agenda for the Parkersburg City Council meeting also included no unfinished business. The resolution was to reappoint Tom Farrah ...

Picture This: Wood County Board of Education meets

June 10, 2026

From left, Wood County Board of Education President Justin Raber discusses agenda items with Board member Debbie Hendershot prior to the start of Tuesday evening's meeting where several student athletes were recognized. For more information read the full article in the Thursday edition of the ...

Sen. Justice’s attorneys respond in state case over Greenbrier’s future

June 10, 2026

CHARLESTON – Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and his family continue to argue that a Texas-based hotel chain and Virginia bank colluded to transfer the family’s loan debt on the historic Greenbrier Resort in order to take it away. Attorneys for the Justice family filed a consolidated reply on June 5 in response to previous filings by attorneys for TRT Holdings and Carter Bank and Trust in a case filed by the Justices in Greenbrier County Circuit Court seeking a preliminary injunction against the two companies. The state case was filed in April by the Justice family following a ...

WV Tourism Department names local History Heroes

June 10, 2026

CHARLESTON – Four people from the region were named Monday as History Heroes by the West Virginia Department of Tourism. They were Dorothy "Bibbee" Enoch of Wood County, Fred Harmon of Wood County and Earl Parsons and Zach Parsons of Tyler County, according to a news release from the ...

Red Cross appeals for blood donations

June 10, 2026

PARKERSBURG – The American Red Cross on Monday issued an urgent need for donors of all blood types. Scheduled donations, which account for 90% of all blood donations, have sharply dropped in recent weeks, Sharon Kesselring, executive director of the American Red Cross of the Ohio Valley, said. “As a result, the blood supply has fallen by several thousand units in just a week, raising concerns that the decline could worsen as we enter trauma season,” she said. “This period between Memorial Day and Labor Day brings an increase in severe injuries from car accidents, ATV crashes, ...