Marshall University announced it received a gift which granted access to fiber-optic cable worth $3.8 million during the annual scholarship Thursday. The dinner was held at the Grand Pointe Conference and Reception Center in Vienna and featured hundreds of current and former MU ...

MARIETTA – Marietta College announced seniors Katie Taylor and Kanae Yoshida as the 2026 Jewett Speech Competition winners. The competition is regarded as one of the college’s oldest commencement traditions. Taylor and Yoshida will deliver their speeches during the college’s ...

The Parkersburg Fire Department will conduct fire hydrant flow testing in several areas of the city the week of May 4–8. Testing is scheduled for the following locations: Seventh Street from the 800 through 1200 blocks and 1700 through 1900 blocks; Putnam Street from the 500 through 600 ...

The new federal official charged with combating the substance use disorder crisis joined U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito to hear from those in West Virginia on the frontlines of battling drug abuse and providing needed treatment. Capito, R-W.Va., and Sara Carter, the director of the White ...

Protesters gather outside the Fiscal Services Building in Parkersburg during a May Day demonstration organized by Indivisible MOV in support of workers. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, is observed May 1 to recognize the labor movement and support for workers’ rights, fair ...

The Most Rev. Mark Brennan came to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in 2019 as its new bishop with a mission to rebuild the trust the community once had in the diocese’s leadership. The Wheeling-Charleston Diocese had fallen into tumultuous times under the previous bishop, ...