CHARLESTON - Four C-130 J-30 Super Hercules military transport aircraft, part of the West Virginia Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing, took part in a joint exercise Thursday afternoon with the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing for a flyover of the Summit Bechtel Family ...
Applications for property purchases that were tabled by the Urban Renewal Authority of Parkersburg are on the agenda for Tuesday. The authority will meet following the City Council meeting, which convenes at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers at the municipal building. The tabled motions include separate applications from Steven M. Spiker and Jeremy Lemasters to purchase 813 Dickel Ave. Spiker has offered $500 and intends to use the lot as a side-yard extension with possibly a fence, garden and fruit trees. Lemasters, who offered $1,500, intends to use the lot as a side-yard ...
VIENNA — Vienna City Council voted Thursday to advance plans for a permanent performance stage, public restrooms and related improvements at Spencer’s Landing following a lengthy discussion about the project’s design, size and preliminary cost of more than $3.1 million. The resolution ...
The final Anti-Tea Party celebrating America’s 250th anniversary will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Phelps-Tavenner House at 2401 Camden Ave. in Parkersburg. Sponsored by the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society, which will host the event, the tea parties were organized with assistance of the Wood County Commission and call attention to the not only the Boston Tea Party, but also the 16 other tea parties that played a role in the advent of the Revolutionary War. Other anti tea parties were held at the Cooper Cabin, Henderson Hall, Oakland and the Parkersburg ...
PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Democratic Executive Committee will conduct a business meeting at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6 at the Parkersburg Marietta Building & Construction Trades Drug & Education office, 2400 Garfield Ave., Parkersburg. The meeting is open to the public. Democrats who would like to participate are asked to email contact@wcwvdems.com or call 304-236-1100 for information on how to join the meeting.
PARKERSBURG – Pleasant and Doddridge counties are expected to receive a break from severe weather over the next several days following storms that brought tornadoes and heavy rainfall to the region earlier this week. Joe Curtis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in ...
