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Oil and gas rig equipment moving through Ritchie, Pleasants, Tyler counties

RITCHIE COUNTY – There will be delays across Ritchie, Pleasants and Tyler counties from Sunday to Thursday as an oil and gas rig moves in, the West Virginia Division of Highways announced. Several large loads will be transferred intermittently between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., potentially delaying traffic due to the oversized trucks and equipment. The route will go from West Virginia 74, at milepost 27.739, to Haddox Run (Ritchie County 4) from milepost zero to 1.67, continuing into Tyler County to milepost 2.38. It then moves on to McKim Creek (Tyler County 20) from milepost 1.2 until ...

Report on accident involving Parkersburg mayor released

PARKERSBURG – An accident report filed by the Parkersburg Police Department says Mayor Tom Joyce opened the door of a city-owned vehicle into traffic, and it was struck by a passing motorist on June 16. The report’s narrative said Joyce was at fault for opening his car door into traffic. No citation was issued. A woman who listed a Parkersburg P.O. box as her address asked about the accident during the public forum at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. She asked if alcohol was involved and if standard procedures were followed. Joyce said during the message from the executive ...

EVE Inc. to reopen nonresidential services July 6 after organizational reset

MARIETTA — EVE Inc. plans to begin reopening services July 6 after several weeks of restructuring, Executive Director Trina Rataiczak said in a release. Nonresidential services will resume July 6, including advocacy, support, referrals, crisis intervention and access through EVE’s 24-hour crisis hotline, Rataiczak said. The organization plans to fully reopen all services, including emergency residential shelter services, on Aug. 3. Survivors seeking emergency residential services between July 6 and Aug. 3 will be assisted and placed in a safe location until EVE has reopened, ...

Volunteers help out during the United Way’s annual Day of Action

PARKERSBURG – Volunteers were out in force Thursday helping many area non-profits with needed service projects during the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley’s 10th annual Day of Action. Around 150 volunteers went out to 16 sites around the area to help with various service ...

PEIA finances stable heading into next fiscal year

CHARLESTON - The financials of the health insurance benefit for West Virginia public workers appears to stable heading into the next fiscal year. Members of the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Finance Board met Thursday afternoon for its regular meeting, with members attending ...