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Wood County development agencies plan joint meeting

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Development Authority and the Parkersburg-Wood County Area Development Corporation will be holding their joint annual meeting at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Parkersburg Country Club. West Virginia Secretary of Commerce Dr. Matt Herridge will be the keynote speaker ...

WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital celebrates 3rd year of saving lives

MORGANTOWN — Sara Myers just finished lunch and was getting ready to eat again, but don’t judge her. “All these food trucks,” said Myers, who is a technician in the cardiac catheterization lab at WVU Medicine Children’s. “I kind of have to.” That’s because there was a party ...

West Virginia sees price of gasoline rise a penny

PITTSBURGH — While the national average price for a gallon of gasoline decreased last week, the average in West Virginia was one cent higher, according to the AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Across the country the average price was at $3.13, a decrease of two cents per gallon. In ...

AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

NEW YORK (AP) — It's official: AOL's dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) — writing in a brief update on its support site last month that it "routinely evaluates" its offerings and had decided to discontinue ...