MARIETTA – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton pledged to halt new permits for wastewater injection wells and further wastewater injections in Washington County for three years if elected, calling for an investigation into wastewater migration. Acton, a former director of ...
PARKERSBURG – The final downtown Meet Me on Market event of 2026 is set for 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, bringing together local businesses, artists, organizations and community groups. Most activities this month are happening between Sixth and Ninth streets. Several businesses and events will ...
MARIETTA — Marietta College will hold a grand opening for the Milone Center for Academic and Career Success from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, on the first floor of Legacy Library, according to a release from the college. The event, “Unlock the Milone Center,” is open to the campus and ...
PARKERSBURG – City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a resolution naming the new activity and recreation center after a former councilman and the first reading of an ordinance setting rates for its rental. The agenda for the meeting, set for 7:30 p.m. in council chambers on the second floor ...
MARIETTA – The company developing a proposed data center in the Waterford area issued a letter to the community that was shared during Wednesday’s Washington County Commission meeting. Commission President Charlie Schilling read the letter from Mehdi Nezami, vice president of development for ACS Digital & Energy, a Spain-based company redeveloping the former Muskingum River Power Plant site as part of “Project Riverbend.” ACS Group is a construction engineering company headquartered in Madrid and “is a leader in the development of essential and next generation ...
MARIETTA – On Wednesday morning, Washington County Sheriff Mark Warden and Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson announced the indictment and arrest of Waterford resident Johnny Ray Ball in connection with the 1995 murders of Kimberly Fulton and her son, Daniel. Ball, 64, is the second man indicted and arrested in connection with the killings. The bodies of Kimberly Fulton, 28, and Daniel, 17 months, were discovered on March 5, 1995, in their burned mobile home in Palmer Township. Investigators determined that the victims had died before the fire was started, indicating that the fire ...
