DAVISVILLE – Local business and development leaders hope that country roads will lead a number of Japanese businesses to West Virginia to develop businesses in Wood County. A delegation from Japan is in the area this week looking at opportunities to possibly locate businesses locally. ...
The third annual Outdoor Quilt Show — modern quilts made by members of the West Virginia Modern Quilt Guild, will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley. Approximately 100 modern quilts will be hanging on and around the historic cabin at Cedar Lakes. Visitors are invited to visit the exhibit, where guild members will be on hand to answer questions about the quilts. This event is free and open to the public. The rain date for the show is Aug. 15 at the same location.
Parkersburg City Councilman Roger Brown talks with councilman Mike Reynolds before the start of Tuesday evening’s council meeting where council consider ordinances increasing the discount for prepayment of police and fire fees. Read the full story in Thursday's edition of the Parkersburg ...
Three candidates for the West Virginia Legislature from Wood and Pleasants counties have exceeded $100,000 in campaign contributions for the year so far, according to the second quarter campaign financial reports filed with the secretary of state. Second quarter reports cover the period from April 27 to June 30 and were due July 7. In the 3rd Senatorial District, Republican Incumbent Republican Mike Azinger defeated Delegate Bob Fehrenbacher for the party's nomination. Democrat Caci Petrehn ran unopposed. Fehrenbacher reported year-to-date contributions of $130,279 and expenditures of ...
MARIETTA – An original musical about the founding of Marietta and its influence on the new United States opens at 7 p.m. Friday in the Friederich Theatre at the Hermann Fine Arts Center of Marietta College. Written by singer-songwriters Larry Groce and Todd Burge and directed by Jack ...
From left, Encova Insurance Underwriter Mike Shaffer listens to his colleague Adam Nooney, a complex claims specialist, discuss worker compensation programs during the Wood County Board of Education meeting Tuesday evening. For more information, read the full article in the Thursday edition ...
