PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg City Council passed an ordinance on first reading that could lead to the closure of part of Seventh Street to make way for WVU Medicine Camden Clark’s East Tower project. Council unanimously passed the ordinance during Tuesday’s regular meeting. The ordinance ...
CHARLESTON – Broadband expansion projects funded through one federal bucket of money are on their way to completion, while projects funded through a separate tranche are awaiting construction with the possibility of additional funding being approved. Members of the West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council received updates Wednesday morning during a virtual monthly meeting from officials with the state Office of Broadband and several vendors managing projects to expand broadband access across the state to unserved and underserved residents. Jeffrey Hartley, a project manager with ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to delay action on a scaled-down renovation plan for Parkersburg High School’s Stadium Field, giving supporters eight weeks to seek additional funding for a larger project. The board first rejected a proposal to move ...
VIENNA – U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va. 2nd Dist. awarded $1 million in Community Project Funding to the city of Vienna and the Wood County Economic Development Authority for the remediation of the concrete at the former industrial side of Spencer’s Landing on Wednesday. “It’s an ...
PARKERSBURG – Local nature photographer Shannon R. Hammer will exhibit her photography at WesBanco Bank during September. Hammer is an independent photographer and visual artist. “My photographs are often mistaken for the oil canvas paintings from long ago,” Hammer said. Like those ...
Parkersburg High School will hold its annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday at Stadium Field, organizers said. The ceremony, usually held around the flagpole, will be held in the stadium because this year is the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, according to ...
