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PARKERSBURG – Two artists from West Virginia will be featured in Art After Hours from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Parkersburg Art Center. The evening of art, appetizers, extended gift shop hours and a cash bar will feature the opening reception for “Progressions: Works by Harold Edwards & David Riffle” and showcase the work of two long-time friends and artists. “Both artists have deep West Virginia roots and distinctive approaches to their work, making this a great opportunity to see two very different artistic perspectives in one exhibit,” Abby Hayhurst, artistic director of the ...

Physician buys former Randolph County school building at auction

ELKINS – The Randolph County Board of Education auctioned off the former North Elementary School building and its property Monday evening to an Elkins physician who was sentenced to federal prison earlier this year. The BOE accepted the auction bid of $638,000 from Dr. Nitesh Ratnakar ...

Wood County Assessor is making progress in addressing deficit

PARKERSBURG – Cuts made by the Wood County Assessor’s office are making progress in addressing a shortfall in the office’s Assessor’s Valuation Fund, according to a public certified accountant who is auditing the office. Wood County Assessor John Kelly and CPA Brett Burns of Perry ...

Early voting starts today in West Virginia

PARKERSBURG – Early voting will be getting underway today in West Virginia and Parkersburg. Early Voting will occur from today through October 31 at the Judge Black Annex and October 27 through October 31 at the community voting sites. Registered voters can vote at this time. The community voting sites will be located at the Lubeck Volunteer Fire Department,1349 Harris Highway; the Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department, 1695 Elizabeth Pike; the Vienna Community Building, 1301 34th St., Vienna; and the Williamstown City Building, 100 West 5th St. Early voting will be open from 8:30 ...

Write-in procedures announced

PARKERSBURG – Procedures for write-in candidates on election night and the canvass of the returns were explained Tuesday by the secretary of state in West Virginia. Eight write-in candidacies for the Legislature and for U.S. Senate have been certified by the state, including in Wood County ...

Albany man killed in accident

ALBANY, Ohio – One person is dead following an accident Sunday afternoon in Meigs County at Township Road 1, Rutherford Road, and U.S. 32, the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. A 2008 Toyota Tacoma driven by Michael Bunner, 57, Albany, was going southeast on Township Road 1 and failed to yield to a 2010 Ford F-350 driven by Brian Walton, 54, the patrol said. Walton was traveling northeast, the patrol said. Bunner was taken by medical helicopter to Cabell Huntington Hospital where he died from injuries, the patrol said. The accident, which happened shortly before ...