CHARLESTON - The retiring president and CEO of the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau received a lifetime achievement award Tuesday during the 2026 West Virginia Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Mark Lewis, who will retire Nov. 1, received the Oshel Craigo Lifetime ...
PARKERSBURG – People throughout Wood County still have time to get registered to vote for the November General Election. People are still able to register to vote for a few more weeks with the voter registration deadline of October 13. People can register online, by mail or in person, according to the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office. To register online, people can go to GoVoteWV.com and click the "register to vote" button. People must have a valid state ID or driver's license and the last four digits of their Social Security number to register online. To register by ...
SISTERSVILLE — Memorial Health Foundation’s first Promise Campaign Golf Outing raised nearly $35,000 to support construction of a new Sistersville General Hospital. The event on Sept. 18 at Sistersville Country Club brought together 15 teams of residents from the community, local ...
“Turn the other cheek? That ain't really working, is it?” *** Ready for some facts? No, not a “fax.” I said “facts.” The Titanic was powered by coal – 6,000 tons of coal, that is. That is 12 million pounds of coal! The Titanic’s 29 boilers burned 600 tons of coal a day to ...
MARIETTA - A Washington County man has received the 2026 Wild and Wonderful Award from the West Virginia Native Plant Society. Mark Krivchenia received the recognition at the society’s annual meeting in August at the Mason Town Hall. “I am honored and was a bit surprised,” Krivchenia ...
BELPRE - The 88th annual dinner of the Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce has been announced and is titled Surviving Business Challenges and will include a panel discussion. The dinner will be held Oct. 22 at the Grand Pointe Conference and Reception Center, 1500 Grand Central Ave., Vienna, ...
