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W.Va. charter board considering seeking same border privileges as traditional public schools

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CHARLESTON - West Virginia's small system of virtual and physical public charter schools is setting its sights on attracting students from border states if the legislature agrees to make changes to state law. Barry Holstein, executive director of the state Professional Charter School Board (PCSB) briefed board members during a regularly scheduled virtual meeting Thursday morning about possible legislative priorities for the 2027 60-day regular session. One of those items including asking lawmakers to make changes to state code to allow public charter schools in counties bordering ...

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PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Commission wants to have a meeting with representatives of Peoples Cartage regarding an outstanding bill resulting from the fire at their south Parkersburg facility this past summer. Commission President Blair Couch said that a representative with SPSI has reached out to him regarding an unpaid bill related to the warehouse file at Peoples Cartage that occurred in early July. The county called in the company based in Washington, Pa. to help with the fire. The company previously came to the area in 2017 to help deal with the IEI warehouse fire. SPSI ...

Adamses observe 25th anniversary of Sept. 11

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Twenty-five years have passed since Parkersburg native Mary Lou Hague was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York City. Liza Adams, her mother, remembers everything about the day: speaking to her daughter as she tried to evacuate the building ...

Picture This: Ribbon-cutting on the river

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A ribbon cutting was held Monday to mark the official opening of Marietta's Levee Park on the Ohio River. The renovated levee was funded primarily by $9.4 million from the state’s Appalachian Community Grant Program, which was administered with other projects by the Ironton-Lawrence ...

Life Through the Lens: The necessity of ghosts

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Dog Stars (2026) – dir. by Ridley Scott Buddy (2026) – dir. by Casper Kelly *** “You gotta have something to haunt you, right? Otherwise, you might get lonely.” “Ghosts.” There, I said it. Now, I’m not trying to stir a debate about the existence of ghosts. Are there ghosts ...

Ceremony marks 25 years since Sept. 11, Hague's passing

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Parkersburg High School will hold its annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday at Stadium Field, organizers said. The ceremony, usually held around the flagpole, will be held in the stadium because this year is the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, according to ...