MARIETTA - The Washington County Commissioners approved placing the public library tax levy on the ballot for the upcoming general election Nov. 3. The proposed tax will not exceed 0.5 mill for each $1 of taxable value. This will amount to a maximum tax of $17.50 for each $100,000 of ...
PARKERSBURG – Work has started on filling the City Park Pond. The pond was drained in January, and contractor RDR Utility Services Group had dredged the muck from the bottom, officials had said. Parkersburg Mayor Tom Joyce said the overall project is not completed yet. “The filling ...
The Washington County Republican Central Committee on Monday appointed Joe Derkin as both prosecutor and the GOP nominee for the same position on the November ballot. At the same meeting, held at the Washington County Emergency Operations Building, committee members unanimously approved the certification of Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Nicole Tipton Coil as a candidate for that post this fall, according to Lyndsay Dennis, secretary of the central committee. The selections were made in response to Coil’s appointment by Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine as common pleas judge ...
MARIETTA — Marietta College has received a nearly $100,000 grant to develop campus-wide mentoring and educational programs intended to help students connect their studies, experiences and future plans with a broader sense of purpose. The $99,996 Program Development Grant was awarded by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education, or NetVUE. Marietta College is one of 30 institutions nationwide selected to receive a 2026 grant through the program. The two-year grant will fund a network of mentors and programs focused on vocational exploration. College officials said the ...
The Marietta Times and The Parkersburg News and Sentinel will not publish print editions on Juneteenth, nor any of the other major postal holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our newsroom will remain staffed, however, on both the day before and the actual holiday. Event and breaking news coverage, local sports coverage and obituaries will still be handled and appear on our website on those holiday mornings, and in print editions after the holidays. Readers ...
MARIETTA – The 2025-26 season at the Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre in Marietta closes Friday with the opening of its next production, the comedy classic “Barefoot in the Park” by Neil Simon. The show opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday with performances also scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ...
