PARKERSBURG - A local Red Cross volunteer who has deployed to dozens of disasters has been sent to Guam where Super Typhoon Bavi brought destruction to the U.S. territory. Chip Pickering is a veteran Red Cross disaster volunteer involved in 30 to 40 events around the world. “I would say 30 ...
PARKERSBURG — Local agencies are seeking residents with a desire to help in Mid-Ohio Valley emergency events with a volunteer drive event Wednesday. With the recent industrial fire at the Peoples Cartage warehouse, responding nonprofits have joined forces to become better prepared for future events. After hundreds of Wood County and surrounding area residents showed a willingness to help out in some way, area agencies are joining forces to hold a one-stop shop for people to become familiar with emergency response activities and register as volunteers, said Sydney Weber, director of ...
PARKERSBURG – Indivisible MOV held a reading of the Declaration of Independence on Wednesday at Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the document’s first public reading. The grassroots volunteer organization, which advocates and demonstrates on ...
PARKERSBURG - Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Ohio Valley board members, volunteers and donors joined the Herman family for a groundbreaking ceremony for house No. 119 on Blennerhassett Heights Road in Parkersburg Thursday. Cory, Che and their six children have begun their journey to ...
MARIETTA — After a year that earned her two scholarships, Frontier High School graduate Miley Kiggans is ready to begin her studies in health sciences while playing golf at Marietta College. Kiggans is a daughter of Scott and Mindy Kiggans of Marietta. She also has a brother and a ...
The Blennerhassett Chapter National Society Daughters of American Revolution with the KOM Rivers Fiber Guild participated in West Virginia Day on June 20 on Blennerhassett Island celebrating America 250. Stations were set up so that attendees could participate in making flags, recite the ...
