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Meet Me on Market returns Friday

PARKERSBURG — Downtown businesses and organizations will offer live music, art, food and family activities Friday during Meet Me on Market. The event will run from 5-7:30 p.m. along Market Street, with several businesses remaining open late, according to a release from Downtown ...

Four receive inaugural RTA Adventure Grants

MARIETTA — Four Mid-Ohio Valley residents will pursue outdoor experiences ranging from trail running and camping to painting and whitewater rafting through a new Rivers, Trails & Ales Festival grant program. The festival named Stacey Saunders, Rachel Dickel, Greta Guimond and Shawn Spence as the inaugural recipients of its Rivers, Trails & Ales Adventure Grant, according to a release. The micro-grant program provides awards of up to $500 to help residents overcome barriers to outdoor recreation. The grants may support hiking, camping, paddling, trail exploration, outdoor education, ...

Memorial awarded $5M in lawsuit against Camden Clark

PARKERSBURG – A federal jury found Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. liable for one count each of civil conspiracy and vicarious liability and awarded Memorial Health System $5 million in compensatory damages. The verdict was reached Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in Wheeling following a trial that began Aug. 5. “Memorial Health System is pleased that after a decade of investigation and appeal a jury has found Camden Clark Medical Center guilty of conspiracy and vicarious liability against Marietta Memorial Hospital,” the health ...

Crime, wine and women’s movement among ILR class topics at Marietta College

MARIETTA – Nine new classes have been added to the Fall 2026 schedule at the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Marietta College. Classes are held from 3-5 p.m. in Thomas Hall, Room 124, unless otherwise noted in the course description and many courses will be available by Zoom. For more course information and to register online, go to www.marietta.edu/ilr. Cops, Convicts, and Coroners: A History of Organized Crime in the Mid-Ohio Valley will meet eight consecutive Mondays beginning Sept. 14. The course will be presented by Bob Newell, a law enforcement officer who retired from ...