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Documents show recent history of violations at Peoples Cartage sister site near airport

CHARLESTON – As multiple local and state emergency responders work to keep a fire at the Peoples Cartage facility on Camden Avenue contained, a sister facility near the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport was dinged last year by environmental regulators. According to records in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection database, the Peoples Cartage Inc. facility at 221 Airport Industrial Park was cited in May 2025 for five violations of sections of the Code of Federal Regulations dealing with the handling of hazardous waste. The West Virginia Department of Environmental ...

PowerFlo Solutions moving into former Hino site, to create 120 jobs

WILLIAMSTOWN - West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has announced Washington County-based PowerFlo Solutions will be establishing a manufacturing facility in the former Hino Motors building in Williamstown. According to the governor's announcement, the company will invest $20 million and the ...

No print editions of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel July 7

Due to technical difficulties at our printing facility, there will be no print editions of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel for Tuesday, July 7. Subscribers can still view our All-Access e-edition by clicking the Today's Paper link on the website.

A holiday note to our readers

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel will not publish a print edition this weekend, due to Independence Day, nor on any of the other federal holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Our newsroom will remain staffed 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 on the day after the holidays. Readers who ...

New program from Highmark will bring nutrition care to the state

PARKERSBURG — Highmark Health Options West Virginia (HHOWV) and Foodsmart announced a new program to bring personalized nutrition care and food support to members across the state. The venture will initially focus on those with chronic conditions including, but not exclusive to, sickle cell anemia, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, pre-diabetes and obesity, as well as maternal health populations. The program launched July 1, according to a press release from Highmark Health Options. In West Virginia, where more than 40% of adults are living with obesity and approximately 12% ...