PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg City Council rejected, by one vote, an appeal of the city clerk’s determination that a petition for referendum on an ordinance authorizing a sanitation contract was insufficient, though the matter is likely to be decided in court. After hearing arguments from ...
MINERAL WELLS – The Ohio Valley Jeep Club's Jeep Jam 2026 was successful, organizers of the second annual festival said. Jeep Jam was held May 30 at the West Virginia Interstate Fairgrounds with more than 160 Jeeps were in attendance, making the event the largest single Jeep festival in ...
CHARLESTON – Incoming Ravenswood High School senior Blaine Hoff is the 2026 winner of the Dr. James R. Dunphy Memorial Scholarship, the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday. Hoff successfully auditioned and interviewed for the scholarship, which offers private music lessons ...
CHARLESTON – Several Republican members of the West Virginia Legislature are encouraging the state’s two U.S. senators to back a ban on greyhound racing included in the latest version of the federal farm bill, while two lawmakers from Ohio County expressed support for the industry. In a ...
PARKERSBURG – Members of Parkersburg City Council rejected - by one vote - an appeal of the determination that a petition for a referendum on the city’s proposed sanitation contract was insufficient. “You can vote for sufficiency, and let's get this over with,” said Edward Escandon, ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County is the latest county in West Virginia reached by a statewide group that distributes complete beds for qualifying households. The Bed for Every Head program through Riverstone Community Services, part of the West Virginia State Hospital Initiative Inc., last week ...
