PARKERSBURG — A retired police officer from Parkersburg has written a book about local arsons and disasters. “In the Heat of the Valley: Disasters in the Ohio Valley” by Robert D. Newell is about major fires and disasters. Newell, a former chief of the Parkersburg Police Department ...

MARIETTA — A Marietta businesswoman and landlady already with a book in her resume has written another about organizing clutter. Wendy Keenan Myers says she has an extreme collector husband, three procrastinating children and “off-the-chart ADHD in the mix,” all fodder for her latest ...

ATHENS — Memorial Health System will open its new Athens Medical Campus Emergency Department at 206 Columbus Road at 7 a.m. June 13. To celebrate the grand opening, a community open house will be held from 5-7 p.m. May 29 at the facility. Light refreshments provided by The Changed Plate will ...

MINERAL WELLS — Hino Motors, a Japanese truck manufacturer, announced this week that they are the exclusive distributor for Tern, a dedicated zero-emission truck brand along with their inaugural truck model, the RC8, a groundbreaking battery-electric Class 8 tractor tailored for the U.S. ...

MARIETTA — The ASPIRE program will hold an open house in celebration of Adult Education Week in Ohio from June 10-14. The event will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. June 10 at the Washington County Career Center and will be an opportunity for the community to learn about the educational ...