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Committee submits 1,928 additional petition signatures

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PARKERSBURG – A committee pursuing a referendum on the ordinance approving the city’s contract with Waste Management turned in this week nearly three times the number of signatures by which their initial petition effort fell short. But it will likely be a month or so before it’s ...

Start Westward debate stalls legislation at Marietta Council meeting

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Debate over the Start Westward Monument project took center stage at Thursday’s Marietta City Council meeting where council members declined to fast-track two key ordinances after raising concerns about contracts, funding and the city’s role in the project. Council reviewed Ordinance Nos. ...

West Virginia Democrats seek recusal from justice

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CHARLESTON – The state Democratic Party is now calling for the chief justice of the West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals to recuse himself from cases involving data centers represented by House Speaker Roger Hanshaw. Hanshaw represents Fundamental Data LLC, the developers of a data ...

Man pulled out of Parkersburg house fire

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PARKERSBURG – A man was pulled out of a burning house early Friday morning. The Parkersburg Fire Department was dispatched at 6:54 a.m. Friday to 905 E. 12th St. to the call that a house was on fire. “When crews arrived on scene, neighbors let us know that there was possibly someone ...

Parkersburg Actors Guild casting ‘1776’ for 250th

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Auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 18-19 at the Parkersburg Actors Guild for the special presentation of “1776” in the Parkersburg’s 250th Celebration of the nation being organized by Downtown PKB. “1776,” a musical, dramatizes the debate and events leading to the signing of the ...