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Relay for Life of Wood County holds standoff against cancer

PARKERSBURG — Participants for the 32nd Relay for Life of Wood County met at ‘high noon’ Saturday for the fight against cancer. “We’re already pretty close to our goal,” said event staff member Kim Haase at the beginning of the festivities on Saturday. “We have a raffle, a ...

D-Day paratrooper from Fairchance researched by great-nephew

Special to the News PARKERSBURG - Brett Hickle’s father loved reading about World War II as a child, so when he’d go to visit extended family it would have been natural for him to ask a family member who served what it was like. But the people who’d seen the kind of combat that would ...

Del. Pushkin maintains leadership of W.Va. Democratic Party

CHARLESTON - Members of the West Virginia Democratic Executive Committee decided to keep Del. Mike Pushkin as its top leader heading into the November midterm general election, with party advocates excited about possibly reversing Democratic losses in the statehouse. The state Democratic ...