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Parkersburg City Council Finance Committee OKs shift of housing funds

PARKERSBURG – The city would allocate nearly $670,000 in unused federal funds to the construction of up to four affordable houses under a budget revision forwarded to Parkersburg City Council Tuesday night by members of the Finance Committee. During a meeting Tuesday evening in the Meeks ...

Benson touts ‘Mountaineer momentum’ in second State of the University

MORGANTOWN – Touting “Mountaineer momentum,” WVU President Michael Benson offered a bit of a progress report Monday during his second State of the University address. “We are in a state of intentional forward motion,” he said during the roughly 30-minute address offered prior to the ...

Fort Frye, Washington County JVSD earn 5-star ratings

MARIETTA – Fort Frye Local Schools and Washington County Joint Vocational School District received an overall 5 stars of the Ohio Department of Education and workforce’s report card. For the Washington County Joint Vocational School District, this is a continuation of previous years, but ...

WVU Parkersburg again in Metallica Scholars Initiative

PARKERSBURG – WVU Parkersburg for the eighth year has been invited to participate in the Metallica Scholars Initiative, the school announced. The initiative is a program of All Within My Hands, a philanthropic organization created by the rock and roll band Metallica. With its largest grant ...

W.Va. Public Broadcasting shows stable financial following end of fiscal year

CHARLESTON – Despite uncertainty at the federal level, West Virginia Public Broadcasting entered the new fiscal year with stable financials but still operating under tight budgets and a hiring freeze. The West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Commission held its quarterly meeting Wednesday ...