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PowerFlo Solutions moving into former Hino site, to create 120 jobs

WILLIAMSTOWN - West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has announced Washington County-based PowerFlo Solutions will be establishing a manufacturing facility in the former Hino Motors building in Williamstown. According to the governor's announcement, the company will invest $20 million and the ...

Documents show recent history of violations at Peoples Cartage sister site near airport

CHARLESTON – As multiple local and state emergency responders work to keep a fire at the Peoples Cartage facility on Camden Avenue contained, a sister facility near the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport was dinged last year by environmental regulators. According to records in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection database, the Peoples Cartage Inc. facility at 221 Airport Industrial Park was cited in May 2025 for five violations of sections of the Code of Federal Regulations dealing with the handling of hazardous waste. The West Virginia Department of Environmental ...

Peoples Cartage fire 95% extinguished

PARKERSBURG – The large plumes of black smoke radiating from the Peoples Cartage warehouse site off of Camden Avenue since early Sunday were gone by mid-morning Tuesday as fire crews continued to douse hot spots at the scene. “The fire is approximately 95% extinguished,” said Wood ...