PARKERSBURG — A severe thunderstorm swept through Wood and Washington County on Thursday evening, resulting in power outages and high water in some areas. In Wood County, there were reports of high water along Dupont Road heading out of the county and power lines down in several areas due to ...
BELPRE — Belpre City Schools Superintendent Jeff Greenley said at Thursday’s Board of Education meeting that officials met with representatives of the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission as they move forward in the approval process for the district’s new school building. “It was an ...
PARKERSBURG — Representatives of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to discuss the state’s largest medical school and its presence in the area. The school’s main campus is in Lewisburg, but its 10-county Central West ...
CHARLESTON — The U.S. Senate voted in the early morning hours Thursday for a recission package – supported by West Virginia’s two senators – clawing back billions of dollars in foreign aid and public broadcasting dollars. But the future effects on local public broadcasters, including ...
WHEELING — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that she has been told by the Trump administration that a federal disaster declaration for Ohio and Marion counties could come “early next week.” Capito, R-W.Va., told reporters Thursday during her weekly call with the media that ...
MARIETTA — The Washington County Commissioners selected Partners Environmental Consultants Inc. as their first option to conduct work under a Brownfields Assessment Grant at the regular meeting Thursday. Washington County Special Projects Manager Philip Schaffer participated in interviews ...