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Six students from region among National Merit semifinalists

PARKERSBURG - Six local students are among the more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Taitt McCarthy of Athens High School, Kaden B. Jeffers of Ripley High School, Henry W. Corcoran and Christian K. Henrichsen of Parkersburg High School and Chloe T. Lester and Jesse D. Morris of Parkersburg South High School. They will be in competition for 6,700 National Merit Scholarships worth about $24 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship, semifinalists must fulfill requirements to advance to ...

Artsbridge Calendar of Events

Today: Shannon R. Hammer Fine Arts Nature Photography, WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Story Time, infants through Pre-K, 10:15-1:15 a.m., Barlow Branch Library Draw What You See with Virginia Killian, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Ceramic Owl Craft, ages 13+, 11 ...

Republicans to hold scramble at Oxbow

BELPRE - The Washington County Republican Party will hold its sixth annual golf scramble on Oct. 10 at Oxbow Golf Course. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. The fee for the four-person scramble is $300 and the package includes greens fee, cart, refreshments, snacks and a steak dinner. Hole sponsorships also are available. To sponsor a hole or for more information, call Joe Derkin at 330-858-2564 or jpderkin@gmail.com, Mark Warden at 740-516-1687, Tonya Booth at 740-336-4750 or Johnna Zalmanek at 740-706-1883.

Transportation needs to be discussed at public meeting

PARKERSBURG - A public meeting focusing on the transportation needs in West Virginia for older adults, individuals with disabilities and the public will be held from 3-4 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council, 709 Market St., Parkersburg. The meeting, one of 11 around the state to update the transportation plan, covers the Region 5 counties of Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt and Wood. Consultants to the West Virginia Division of Multimodal-Facilities-Transit Section are updating the coordinated human services transportation plans in the state’s ...

50th Sternwheel Fest in the books

MARIETTA – The 50th Ohio River Sternwheel Festival this weekend in Marietta is in the history books. About 30 sternwheel boats docked at the Ohio River Levee where residents gathered and enjoyed food and live music from performers, vendors, artisans on Front and Second streets and ...

Paddlefest celebrates 12th event

PARKERSBURG - The 12th annual Paddlefest was held Friday and Saturday on the Ohio and Little Kanawha Rivers where kayakers paddled to Blennerhassett Island and enjoyed the outdoors. Around 40 people participated in the Glow Paddle event Friday evening in a trip on the Little Kanawha River ...