PARKERSBURG — The field for the 2024 Parkersburg News and Sentinel Readers’ Choice starts to narrow Friday. That’s when voting begins to pare down the nearly 1,800 buffets, child care facilities, dental practices, bail bonding services, financial planning companies and more nominated by ...
BELPRE — Memorial Health System is hosting the groundbreaking of the upcoming Women and Children’s Hospital at the Belpre Medical Campus on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and offers performances from local high schools, light refreshments and guest speakers beginning ...
PARKERSBURG — West Virginia University at Parkersburg will host a series of upcoming events, like a bonfire and coffee meet-ups, designed to give the community and prospective students a chance to learn more about the college. “By attending upcoming events hosted by WVU Parkersburg ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they were investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene. As the nearby Nolichucky River swelled from rainfall, employees in the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Organized labor enjoys rising public support and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday, picketing near ports all along the East Coast. Workers outside the Port of ...