Vermont’s effort to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change was tested Monday in a federal courtroom, where the state argued that two lawsuits challenging its groundbreaking 2024 law should be thrown out. Vermont became the first state to enact a climate superfund ...
PARKERSBURG — Two individuals were taken by ambulance to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash at Ohio and Emerson avenues around 6 p.m. Sunday, according to a dispatcher with the Wood County 911 Center. The call for the accident was made at 6:14 p.m. with the Parkersburg Police, a Wood ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Six students at Wood County Christian School have been inducted into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society. Ceremonies were held on March 17 at the Evergreen Bible Church located across from the school. The inductees were: Sophie Azinger, daughter of Mike and ...
PARKERSBURG — Among the organizations illustrating the Roman Catholic legacy and benevolence in West Virginia is the Sisters Health Foundation. The foundation, among the most impactful and significant organizations promoting and supporting health and wellness programs, in 2025 awarded 116 ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Vicariate of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese includes the Catholic schools, parishes, missions and chapels in the region. Counties and cities in the vicariate are Wood, Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Mason, Jackson, Roane and Calhoun counties and New ...
On July 19, 1850, the Diocese of Wheeling was established by Pope Pius IX, marking the adventurous beginning of the present Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. The diocese is celebrating the milestone from July 19, 2025, through July of 2026, to reflect on how it began and how it has prevailed — ...