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A story in Thursday's edition identified West Virginia Senate Bill 402 with an incorrect number and included references to expanded tax credits for apprenticeship programs and provisions impacting people with military experience that were in an earlier version of the legislation.

Picture This: How to Train Your Dragon

Among the crowd who gathered at Stadium Field Thursday night for Parkersburg High School's graduation ceremony was Phoenix, a bearded dragon resting on his owner's hand and sporting his own cap for commencement. (Photo by Evan Bevins)

O'Bleness among top hospitals in national ranking

ATHENS – OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital has been named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals in an independent quality analysis by Premier Inc. and published by Modern Healthcare. For more than 30 years, the 100 Top Hospitals program has used an objective review of public data to identify ...

Parkersburg city attorney: Recall signatures based on citywide number

PARKERSBURG – In response to a court filing dealing with the municipal charter’s process for recalling elected officials, Parkersburg’s city attorney said the language is plain that the potential removal of a council member requires signatures from 20% of all the city’s registered voters. “Opinions regarding what is ‘reasonable,’ ‘logical,’ ‘illogical,’ ‘unworkable,’ or that which ‘harmonizes’ the Charter may well be taken if one were undertaking the exercise of drafting the initial Charter language,” City Attorney Blaine Myers wrote, referencing language ...