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Camden Clark seeking county’s help with ambulance service costs

PARKERSBURG — WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is requesting $1.7 million annually from the Wood County Commission to help support ambulance service in the area. Camden Clark Chief Executive Officer Sean Smith, Camden Clark Chief Financial Officer Kyle Pierson and Camden Clark ...

Taste and Tunes resonates at Parkersburg Art Center

PARKERSBURG - The Parkersburg Art Center held its Tastes and Tunes fundraiser on Saturday. “Tastes and Tunes is one of those special nights where everything comes together, great music, delicious food, friends, family and supporters who believe in the power of the arts,” Jessie ...

Fire reported again Saturday morning at Peoples Cartage warehouse

PARKERSBURG - Multiple fire departments returned to the Peoples Cartage warehouse complex on Camden Avenue Saturday morning after the fire that had burned for three days earlier in the week rekindled. The Wood County 911 Center received the call just before 5:30 a.m., a supervisor said. The ...

History in the Park Brings reenactors, tintype photography to Marietta

MARIETTA — History stretched from the Revolutionary War to the nation’s 250th anniversary Saturday as reenactors, historical organizations and visitors gathered for the third annual History in the Park at Muskingum Park. Hosted by the Civil War Roundtable of the Mid-Ohio Valley, the ...

America 250th fete slated at Battle of Buffington Island observance

PORTLAND, Ohio – The 2026 annual Battle of Buffington Island Memorial Service and Marietta Militia Historical Marker Dedication, an America 250th celebration, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Buffington Island State Memorial in Portland. The America 250 celebration is free and open ...

Physician wanted in Monongalia County arrested in Wood County

PARKERSBURG - A physician wanted in Monongalia County after a digital recording device found in a hospital restroom was linked to him was arrested Friday in Wood County, authorities said. Lance Parks, a physician who previously worked at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, is charged with eight misdemeanors of criminal invasion of privacy and the felony of distribution and exhibition of computer-generated child pornography, according to a joint statement from the Morgantown Police Department and the Monongalia Prosecuting Attorney Gabrielle Mucciola. Parks was arrested Friday in Wood County, ...