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2 Parkersburg City Council members sponsor workshop on government

PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg City Council Districts 4 and 5 will sponsor “Your Government at Work: Understanding Federal, State, and Local Government Roles” from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building. Julia Brown, history professor at Washington ...

Blatt, Wood County BOE visit Hamilton STEAM class

PARKERSBURG — Student-built robotics and cube projects gave West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt and members of the Wood County Board of Education a look at hands-on learning Thursday at Hamilton Middle School. The visitors stopped in Katie Tyre’s STEAM class, where ...

Parkersburg’s new City Park pavilion to open Monday

PARKERSBURG – Almost two years to the day after demolition began on the old City Park pavilion, the city will officially open the doors on its larger replacement Monday. A ribbon-cutting for the nearly $15 million Simms Powell Pavilion is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, followed by an open ...

West Virginia joins seven states suing OpenAI over alleged risks to children

CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is joining a consortium of states filing separate lawsuits against the parent company of ChatGPT over concerns that the artificial intelligence company’s technology poses risks for children. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Mason County Circuit Court against California-based OpenAI Global LLC and seven affiliated corporate entities. The complaint alleges that OpenAI violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and other state laws through deceptive marketing, unsafe ...