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Marietta Main Street’s November First Friday offers Cheers to Charity

MARIETTA — First Friday, a downtown Marietta celebration held each month, will be held from 5-9 p.m. Friday. Coordinated by Marietta Main Street, the November theme is Cheers to Charity and the community is invited to join the effort to help the less fortunate in the area. Marietta Main ...

All treats, no tricks for October tax collections in West Virginia

CHARLESTON — Halloween has come and gone, but October collections for West Virginia’s general revenue fund provided additional surplus totals in the state’s candy bag. According to data released Monday by the state Department of Revenue, West Virginia collected $417.8 million in tax ...

Voting for final round of Readers’ Choice starts this Wednesday

PARKERSBURG — Once more, with feeling. Nearly 1,900 nominations for the 2025 Parkersburg News and Sentinel Readers’ Choice in more than 200 sub-categories from auto body repair and paint to wax candle store have been pared down to five nominees. Readers submitted the names of their ...

Sale of West Virginia state-owned long-term care hospitals complete

CHARLESTON – After many years of attempts by the West Virginia Legislature to sell one or all four of the state’s publicly owned long-term care facilities, those hospitals are now in private hands. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Saturday that the sale of Hopemont Hospital in Preston ...