PARKERSBURG - A local Boy Scout troop earned a Disability Awareness Merit Badge for a service project at The Amputee Center in Parkersburg. Troop 203 of the Kootaga District, Buckskin Council, chartered by The Amputee Center, provided numerous service hours on April 25 at the center’s ...
WALKER – A generator donated to Camp Kootaga through the help of volunteers will help prevent the loss of food and operational delays, park officials said. “We have a volunteer who is from New Martinsville that found out that the old generator we had was no longer functional,” Andy ...
PARKERSBURG - The Geppetto Woodcarvers Club will hold its annual Carving on the Porch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Woodcraft on Emerson Avenue. The annual event to showcase carvings and talents will include 20 woodcarvers who will display their carvings and give woodcarving ...
PARKERSBURG - The First Presbyterian Church of Parkersburg, 1341 Juliana St., will observe World Labyrinth Day, internationally celebrated at 1 p.m. the first Saturday in May with Walk as One at 1. The moving meditation for peace is held across the world in each time zone at 1 p.m. The Labyrinth Society and partner organizations sponsor World Labyrinth Day. First Presbyterian Church has a permanent, outdoor labyrinth. First Parkersburg’s in-person Labyrinth Walk will be from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. regardless of the weather. Finger labyrinths and light refreshments will also be ...
WILLIAMSTOWN - The city of Williamstown experienced a power outage that left over 50% of residents without power Tuesday morning. Officials with Mon Power reported the outage at 10:19 a.m. due to equipment damage. According to Mon Power, there were 1,775 out of 3,375 Williamstown residents without power with restoration completed shortly after noon. Wood County Schools Superintendent Christie Willis released a message to the community promptly after the outage and it stated that Williamstown High School and Elementary were impacted late in the morning. In the release, Willis said ...
PARKERSBURG — More than 60 nonprofit organizations will benefit from Give Local MOV 2026, a 24-hour online fundraising campaign organized by the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation & Regional Affiliates and its local sponsors. Give Local starts midnight Tuesday, the 13th year of the fundraising initiative. Donations made during Give Local are matched and enhanced through prizes and other methods and can be specifically targeted to an organization. Prizes for additional funds, for example, include $500 to the group getting the first donation, another $500 for the most money raised ...
