PARKERSBURG – A member of the Worthington Women’s Golf Association has been named the club champion for the 2026 season and for the sixth consecutive year. Carol Geletko also received the coveted State Pin at the association’s annual luncheon and awards ceremony that concluded the ...
PARKERSBURG – Although City Council members are elected by district, petitions to recall them must have signatures equal to 20% of the entire city’s number of registered voters. That’s the determination after Wood County Circuit Court Judge J.D. Beane dismissed a petition by people seeking to unseat Mayor Tom Joyce and council President Andrew Borkowski, agreeing with the city’s contention that the charter is clear on the matter. “The Court agrees that no controversy exists, as the language of the relevant charter section is clear and unambiguous and not subject to ...
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s 55 county public school districts saw their largest combined drop in student enrollment since the period spanning the worst of the COVID-10 pandemic. According to numbers released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Education, the fall headcount ...
PARKERSBURG – The City of Parkersburg held a ribbon cutting for the new Simms Powell City Pavilion on Monday afternoon. The $15 million pavilion, named after a 1896 councilman who spearheaded the purchase of the land, features an arena, gymnasium, community meeting room, kitchen, office ...
VIENNA – First Settlement Physical Therapy and Vienna Elementary School are the latest Partners in Education. First Therapy and Vienna Elementary held a signing ceremony on Oct. 13 for the partnership in the program administered by the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley that ...
PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Commission has worked out a tentative agreement with the WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center to provide ambulance service to the area for the foreseeable future. Wood County Commission President Blair Couch reported Monday that a deal is ready to be finalized and approved where the county would pay $850,000 annually for the next three years and then do two one-year renewals after that in case any changes or adjustments need to be made. Couch said he held meetings with Camden Clark CEO Sean Smith to discuss terms. Officials from Camden Clark came ...
