PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg City Council rejected, by one vote, an appeal of the city clerk’s determination that a petition for referendum on an ordinance authorizing a sanitation contract was insufficient, though the matter is likely to be decided in court. After hearing arguments from ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic "forever chemicals" used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the ...
CHARLESTON – Several Republican members of the West Virginia Legislature are encouraging the state’s two U.S. senators to back a ban on greyhound racing included in the latest version of the federal farm bill, while two lawmakers from Ohio County expressed support for the industry. In a ...
MINERAL WELLS – The Ohio Valley Jeep Club's Jeep Jam 2026 was successful, organizers of the second annual festival said. Jeep Jam was held May 30 at the West Virginia Interstate Fairgrounds with more than 160 Jeeps were in attendance, making the event the largest single Jeep festival in ...
PARKERSBURG — Registration is open for the annual West Virginia 988 & Crisis Intervention Team Summit, scheduled for July 20-22 at the Resiliency Center in Parkersburg. The summit is hosted by First Choice Services, a Charleston-based nonprofit that operates several helplines, including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The event will bring together law enforcement, emergency responders, behavioral health professionals, criminal justice officials and community leaders to discuss crisis care in West Virginia. Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT, is a program that trains first responders ...
CHARLESTON – Incoming Ravenswood High School senior Blaine Hoff is the 2026 winner of the Dr. James R. Dunphy Memorial Scholarship, the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday. Hoff successfully auditioned and interviewed for the scholarship, which offers private music lessons ...
