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April tax collections add $70 million to surplus

CHARLESTON – With two months remaining in fiscal year 2026, West Virginia has enough surplus tax collections to cover all of the items awaiting funding when the new fiscal year begins on July 1. According to data from the governor's office and the monthly report released by the Senate ...

Picture This: Free Comic Book Day draws fans, families to shops

VIENNA – Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, an annual event to promote reading and collecting comics that sees stores like Asylum Comics in Marietta and Lost Legion Games & Comics – The Vault in Vienna offer free promotional issues to customers. The event is accompanied by sales and other ...

Memorial Health Foundation awards $15K to Red Cross

MARIETTA – The American Red Cross Ohio River Valley Chapter has received a $15,000 Community Impact grant to improve how blood is collected for local patients from the Memorial Health Foundation. The contribution, made ahead of the summer months when the Red Cross often sees a dip in blood ...

Hune Covered Bridge rehabilitation project approved

MARIETTA - Washington County Commissioners this week approved the rebid for the Hune Covered Bridge rehabilitation project. The lowest of two bidders, The Righter Co., bid $2,463,197, which was within 10% of the engineer’s estimate. The Righter Co. made a bid in March but it exceeded ...

Apprenticeships are building West Virginia’s future

MINERAL WELLS – Over 150 students from across West Virginia visited the WV Appalachian Construction Craft Laborers’ Training Center in Mineral Wells to learn more about the center’s apprenticeship program this week. Hosted by the West Virginia Building and Construction Trades, the ...

Kate Congleton reflects on her high school career

NEWPORT – Kate Congleton will graduate from Frontier Local Schools with her high school diploma and an associate’s degree from Washington State College of Ohio. Born and raised in Newport, Congleton, 17, looks back on years of academic success, club and volunteer participation and ...