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Wood Commission to discuss ambulance service Monday

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PARKERSBURG – Wood County officials will be discussing support for Camden Clark’s Ambulance Service at Monday’s meeting of the Wood County Commission. The commission is scheduled to talk with officials from WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center and the Camden Clark Ambulance Service at 11 a.m. at the Wood County Resiliency Center to discuss what kind of financial support the county might be able to provide to help fund the ambulance service locally. The meeting was originally scheduled for July 6, but had to be postponed due to the fire at the Peoples Cartage warehouse in ...

Parkersburg City Council to consider increased discount for advance payment of fees

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PARKERSBURG – An increased discount for paying police, fire and sanitation fees in full for the year will be on the Parkersburg City Council agenda Tuesday. The first regular meeting in July is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building. City code offers a 1.5% discount to parties paying all 12 months of their fire, police and sanitation fees in advance by July 20. A pair of ordinances on first reading Tuesday would increase that to 5% and give people until Aug. 20 to pay it this year, since the ordinance could not receive final ...

Red Cross deploys local volunteer to Guam

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PARKERSBURG - A local Red Cross volunteer who has deployed to dozens of disasters has been sent to Guam where Super Typhoon Bavi brought destruction to the U.S. territory. Chip Pickering is a veteran Red Cross disaster volunteer involved in 30 to 40 events around the world. “I would say 30 ...

Crumbl to open new bakery in Vienna on July 17

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VIENNA — Crumbl will open its newest bakery in Vienna on Friday, July 17, with grand opening events planned throughout the day. The bakery, located at 1500 Grand Central Ave., will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. during the grand opening. The first 100 customers will receive a custom grand opening T-shirt and sticker, and customers will receive a gift with each in-store purchase while supplies last, according to a release. The opening also will include a raffle for free cookies for a year. The Vienna location is owned by Jadon Neiderhauser, Mike McKee and Caleb McCune. McKee, ...

Study shows West Virginia has the lowest bills; but is living really cheaper?

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MORGANTOWN – A recent study showed that West Virginia has the lowest monthly bills among the 50 states. That's good news – in a way. As Lauren Weatherford, a WVU Extension associate professor, pointed out, “You have to look at the data in context. You can't look at the data as an individual factor.” The figures come from Doxo.com's 2025 U.S. Household Bill Pay Report and were reported by UtilityRates.com. Doxo.com, among other things, offers an app to manage and pay all household bills. UtilityRates.com helps residents of states with deregulated utilities find the best costs ...

Manufacturing workforce gathers at AOMC for ReImagine Appalachian discussion

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MARIETTA - Nearly 100 individuals within the manufacturing workforce attended the second session of ReImagine Appalachia and the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative discussion series Wednesday. Held at the Appalachian Ohio Manufacturers’ Coalition in Marietta, the session went from morning through early afternoon and focused on team building, partnerships, and working together to strategize and make a stronger manufacturing workforce. ReImagine Appalachia Co-Executive Director Amanda Woodrum was one of the speakers who opened the session. She discussed the region’s ...