MARIETTA – Local organizations, businesses and youth participants traveled through Marietta on Saturday during the annual Washington County Fair Parade. Spectators lined the route as parade entries made their way through the city to the Washington County Fairgrounds during the fair’s ...
PARKERSBURG - Leadership at the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau is changing. Mark Lewis, president and CEO of the tourism bureau for the past 14 years, is retiring on Nov. 1. Autumn Henthorn, who has been with the bureau for nine years, will become interim ...
MARIETTA — Mayor Josh Schlicher has vetoed two pieces of legislation involving the use of city-owned property near Knox Park, telling Marietta City Council on Thursday that officials still need to reach an agreement with adjoining property owners. Schlicher returned unsigned Ordinance 80 ...
PARKERSBURG — As autumn approaches, so does the annual tradition of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel and Marietta Times holiday cookbook. The 72nd cookbook contest is calling cooks to explore the flavors of fall and the holidays with the theme Fall Foodies. Participants have from now ...
MARIETTA - The City of Marietta has placed a proposal for groundwater monitoring wells on the back burner after determining they would provide little early warning of contamination from injection wells and could create another potential pathway into the city’s aquifer. Marietta Water Superintendent Steve Eddy said he discussed the monitoring wells with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency because one would have been close to an existing oil or natural gas production well. It was determined that contamination would likely be detected in the production well first. The monitoring ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRING - The final day of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce 90th Annual Meeting and Business Summit at the Greenbrier wrapped up Friday morning with Republican lawmakers talking about the state's economic future. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, moderated a panel discussion with House Judiciary Committee Chairman JB Akers, R-Kanawha; state Sen. Tom Takubo, R-Kanawha; state Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia; and Del. David McCormick, R-Monongalia. "For two-and-a half days, we've heard about a lot of exciting things that should make everyone proud to be a West ...
