MARIETTA — Despite rain, a large crowd gathered as the Harmar Days Festival returned to the historic Harmar Village this Friday with new attractions, musical performances and a milestone celebration: the 40th anniversary of the Historic Harmar Bridge Company’s purchase of the Harmar ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in withheld grants for schools, the Education Department said Friday, ending weeks of uncertainty for educators around the country who rely on the money for English language instruction, adult literacy, and other ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s U.S. senators praised the release Friday of additional federal education dollars that had been put on hold for nearly a month by the administration of President Donald Trump. In press releases Friday afternoon, Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice ...
BEVERLY — Fort Frye Local Schools Superintendent Stephanie Starcher has been named to Governor Mike DeWine’s newly formed Property Tax Reform Working Group — a bipartisan panel tasked with developing recommendations to provide targeted property tax relief while preserving essential ...
MARIETTA — Autumn Hughes heard about the struggles the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley is facing with overcrowding and wanted to help. At 8 years old, Hughes organized a lemonade stand fundraiser that she scheduled and hosted from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Putnam Elementary School in ...
VINCENT — With a desire to change some things in his life, Warren High School student Tanner Pepper visited the Washington County Career Center and enrolled in the heavy equipment program. But soon he found his interests were in another field. “At Warren I was more of an athlete, ...