PARKERSBURG - Coplin Health Systems was awarded about $1.5 million in Senate appropriations for the construction of a new service center located on Camden Avenue, according to a release from Coplin. The funding will support the project which will address a variety of needs within the area ...

CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Board of Education received a report on the state's intervention of Tyler County Schools, put out for public comment new rules governing transfers between schools of student-athletes, and gave State Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt a glowing review for the ...

The future of the historic Sistersville Ferry took a step backward this week as ferry officials announced that the vessel’s tugboat, which sank in April, has been declared unrepairable by the insurance company. The announcement was made Tuesday following weeks of assessments and discussions ...

PARKERSBURG – A committee seeking a referendum on Parkersburg City Council’s approval of a sanitation service contract with Waste Management eclipsed the required number of signatures by more than 300. But city officials still maintain the ordinance in question is not subject to the ...

MARIETTA – Members of City Council are set to consider emergency legislation tonight to authorize nearly $212,000 to repair a sewer line where a sinkhole developed next to the ongoing levee project. The sinkhole was discovered two weeks ago and was the result of a hole in an 80-year-old ...

PARKERSBURG - Preston Pierce, who has been charged in Wood County in connection with the murder of Gretchen Fleming, was extradited back to Parkersburg to face charges returned by a Wood County Grand Jury in May. Pierce has been held in custody in Buncombe County, N.C., since his arrest on ...