MARIETTA — Concert halls and other live venues may be closed due to the pandemic, but the River Cities Symphony remains dedicated to its mission to provide symphonic music experiences for the Mid-Ohio Valley. With the support of the Marietta Community Foundation and several corporate ...
SUGARCREEK, Ohio — An out-of-the-area attraction that many Mid-Ohio Valley residents travel to has recently reopened, according to officials, with new practices to stay safe during the COVID-19 concerns. The Farm at Walnut Creek, a drive-thru petting zoo that attracts visitors from the ...
PARKERSBURG — This year’s 4-H Camp will be online and the Energy Express Summer Reading Program will be going through changes due to the pandemic. Jodi Smith with the Wood County WVU Extension Service said 4-Hers will attend Camp URL, an alternative version to WVU Extension Service 4-H ...
PARKERSBURG — To observe National Military Awareness month, the Veteran’s Museum created a special memorial to recognize veterans and their sacrifice. Over 800 American flags were used to form a heart with each flag representing the military branches and the prisoner of war and Vietnam ...
PARKERSBURG — The Arc of the Mid Ohio Valley Inclusive Summer Day Program is going virtual. The camp, sponsored and organized by The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley, will be held June 15-July 10 utilizing the Zoom platform. “We are excited to bring summer activities to youth in our ...
RAVENSWOOD — The Ravenswood Ohio River Festival is being postponed until 2021 after much consideration. According to Lucy Harbert, festival president, it was a hard decision as this is the first time the festival has had to be postponed. The committee was polled and the majority ruled to ...
RIPLEY — For 20 years, Brothers’ Keeper has ministered to the community around the Parchment Valley Conference Center in Ripley, but due to concerns with the pandemic, the camp has been canceled for 2020. “Our students, volunteers and staff work each year serving as the hands and feet of ...
VIENNA — The GFWC Parkersburg Woman’s Club has established the first Free Little Library in a laundromat in West Virginia. With the enthusiastic support of owner Charlie Schilling, the Wash and Go on Grand Central Avenue has joined the Laundromat Library League, a nonprofit all-volunteer ...
Chris Hansen’s life changed significantly June 12, 2016. He was getting a final drink at the bar of Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, when a man attacked the more than 300 people there. The mass shooting killed 49 people and injured another 53. Hansen still keeps in his home the Time magazine ...
PARKERSBURG — The Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program holds a clinic 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 211 Sixth St., Parkersburg. It will be closed 8-noon June 5 and June 9 and June 19. All appointments are by phone for the month of June. Call the office about an ...
MARIETTA — The Mid Ohio Valley Players will present its installment of WMOVP Radio Theatre at 7 p.m. today with a presentation on Zoom. “Little Orphan Annie: Annie’s Big Surprise Party,” the first presentation of the evening, will be followed by the psychological thriller, “Sorry, ...
PARKERSBURG — Friends in the business community remembered the life and legacy of Herbert Smoot Fahlgren and the impact he had on the area. Fahlgren, 89, passed away Friday surrounded by family at his home on Mill Run Farm in Parkersburg. A graveside service for friends and family was held ...
ST. MARYS — Since Gov. Jim Justice announced pools can reopen this weekend, a few area pools are in the process of opening for the season while others will remain closed. After much consideration with the Doddridge County Parks Commission, the decision was made to stay closed for the ...
PARKERSBURG — The carnival and bingo sponsored by American Legion Post 15 held over the July 4 holidays at City Park will not be held this year because of the pandemic, officials said Tuesday. The decision was made Tuesday morning to not hold the annual celebration because of the COVID-19 ...
ATLANTIC OCEAN — A Parkersburg native is serving aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean. Petty Officer 3rd Class Calvin McQuain is an aircraft maintainer aboard the Nimitz-class USS Harry S. Truman. Aviation Maintenance Technician Day was on Sunday. McQuain reported to ...
In most places across America, there may not be mass gatherings with hats off or hands saluted this Memorial Day. There also may not be a sea of red, white and blue marking the grave stones that stretch for miles across hillsides. But despite the restrictions that the COVID-19 pandemic has ...
As the nation approaches its summer months, the threat of festivals, concerts and events being canceled as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak is imminent. Though some states are beginning to enter into the first stages of their reopening plans, the immediate future for live entertainment is ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said a surge this week in COVID-19 infections in the Eastern Panhandle has led him to dispatch the National Guard to Jefferson and Berkeley counties. In Justice’s daily briefing Thursday, the governor reported another death due to coronavirus — ...
MARIETTA — The Mid-Ohio Valley Players this evening will virtually present a play written for radio by Arthur Miller. “The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man” will be the third installment of WMOVP Radio Theatre at 7 p.m. today on Zoom. “Until the time comes that we are ...
PARKERSBURG — The Humane Society of Parkersburg will hold a special drive thru vaccine clinic from 8 a.m. to noon June 6 in the horseshoe at Parkersburg High School, 2101 Dudley Ave. Canine and feline vaccines will be available ranging in cost from $15-25. No testing will be offered at this ...