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Washington State grad shaping physical therapist assistants

MARIETTA – An alumnus of Washington State College of Ohio is mentoring future health care professionals. People have always been at the heart of the goals of Ryan Graham whose interest in sports medicine and rehabilitation has grown into a career dedicated to helping patients recover. A ...

Meet Me on Market wraps for 2026 tonight

PARKERSBURG – The final downtown Meet Me on Market event of 2026 is set for 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, bringing together local businesses, artists, organizations and community groups. Most activities this month are happening between Sixth and Ninth streets. Several businesses and events will ...

Letter from Waterford data center developer shared by Washington County Commission

MARIETTA – The company developing a proposed data center in the Waterford area issued a letter to the community that was shared during Wednesday’s Washington County Commission meeting. Commission President Charlie Schilling read the letter from Mehdi Nezami, vice president of development for ACS Digital & Energy, a Spain-based company redeveloping the former Muskingum River Power Plant site as part of “Project Riverbend.” ACS Group is a construction engineering company headquartered in Madrid and “is a leader in the development of essential and next generation ...

Benson touts ‘Mountaineer momentum’ in second State of the University

MORGANTOWN – Touting “Mountaineer momentum,” WVU President Michael Benson offered a bit of a progress report Monday during his second State of the University address. “We are in a state of intentional forward motion,” he said during the roughly 30-minute address offered prior to the ...

WVUP and BridgeValley partner to expand manufacturing education

PARKERSBURG – West Virginia University in Parkersburg, in partnership with another school, has received a grant that will expand manufacturing education and help develop the area’s workforce. WVU Parkersburg and BridgeValley Community and Technical College have been awarded nearly $2 million through the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to expand advanced manufacturing education and workforce development across 11 West Virginia counties, according to a press release from ...