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Moore, Parsi meet in debate for 2nd Congressional District

With 20 days to go before November’s midterm election, Mountain State congressional candidates Riley Moore and Ace Parsi took on the issues, and each other, in a televised debate in Martinsburg on Wednesday. Moore, the former state treasurer and nephew of current West Virginia Sen. Shelley ...

SIPS Coffee brings cancer awareness efforts to Steelers game

PARKERSBURG — SIPS Coffee’s efforts to support breast cancer screenings took owner Jen Allman to Pittsburgh, where the business was invited to serve fans outside a Steelers game. For Allman, who has twice been diagnosed with breast cancer, the invitation offered an opportunity to bring ...

Parkersburg City Council tables future mayor pay hike

PARKERSBURG – Members of City Council voted Tuesday night to table an ordinance raising the salary for the mayor’s position beginning in 2029. More than a dozen people spoke against the proposed increase from $90,000 to $125,000 a year during a public forum that lasted the better part of ...

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Williamstown Elementary

WILLIAMSTOWN — A bomb threat prompted the relocation of Williamstown Elementary School students Wednesday morning, but a search found nothing related to the threat, according to Williamstown Police Chief Shawn Graham. The incident remains under investigation. Wood County Schools Superintendent Christie Willis said staff returned to the building Wednesday afternoon after authorities cleared the school, and classes were expected to proceed Thursday. Graham said an unidentified male called the school at 8:56 a.m. and made a threat to school employees. Employees contacted the ...

House Republicans summon Flock Safety to hearings in November

CHARLESTON – Not satisfied with the information provided since August legislative interim meetings, Republican members of the House Government Organization Committee want representatives of Flock Safety to return to Charleston for questioning. In a Monday letter sent to Flock Safety Chief ...