PARKERSBURG – This September will be recognized as Wood County Goes Purple Month in honor of National Recovery Month. The Wood County Commission unanimously passed a proclamation at its Thursday meeting after a number of representatives from the Hope Dealer Project addressed the commission ...
Wood County Commissioners Blair Couch and Jim Hamric were given a demonstration Thursday of the planetarium at Parkersburg High School. They were told about how the space is utilized, how students use it for learning and future plans to increase its use. The demonstration was also attended by ...
WAVERLY – The Dark Side Robotics Team of Williamstown will receive a $2,000 grant to support its robotics program. Optimum, a local provider of fiber internet, mobile, TV and phone services, recognized the robotics team as the winner of the Community Impact category in the company’s ...
A former teacher is making good on a promise he made years ago to his students at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. David Kurtz, who taught American government and constitutional law for seven years from 2004 to 2011, told his students he would throw a 250th celebration party, provided ...
Fans gathered at the Vienna Freedom Festival for the Red, White and Bruised wrestling show Thursday evening at Spencer's Landing. The Freedom Festival continues tomorrow and through the weekend with rides, music and entertainment. (Photo by Gwen Sour)
MARIETTA — EVE Inc. plans to begin reopening services July 6 after several weeks of restructuring, Executive Director Trina Rataiczak said in a release. Nonresidential services will resume July 6, including advocacy, support, referrals, crisis intervention and access through EVE’s 24-hour crisis hotline, Rataiczak said. The organization plans to fully reopen all services, including emergency residential shelter services, on Aug. 3. Survivors seeking emergency residential services between July 6 and Aug. 3 will be assisted and placed in a safe location until EVE has reopened, ...
