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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 – The Parkersburg High School Foundation announced the recipients of the 2026 Teacher Grants with over $26,000 awarded to 16 teachers across various departments at Parkersburg High School this year. A release from the foundation said the grants support teachers in enhancing ...
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 ...