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Letter from Waterford data center developer shared by Washington County Commission

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 ...

Second man indicted in 1995 Fulton cold case murders

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 ...

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 ...