Gov. Jim Justice signed the bill giving $45 million in surplus tax dollars to Marshall University for its Institute for Cyber Security and the new facility being built in downtown Huntington to house it. The same week the Legislature voted to give Marshall the funding, demolition began on the ...

WANTED. — A good woman to do general house work in a small family, to whom liberal wages will be given. Certain duties she will under no circumstances be required to perform, and they are hereby enumerated. The kitchen fire will be built, and after her bangs are in order and her cosmetics ...

If you’ve noticed a theme around here lately, it may be because we’re all excited about this year’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel and Marietta Times Cookbook Contest. It’s like Christmas is coming. That’s perfect because this year’s theme is “It isn’t the holidays without ...” ...

When the 87th Annual Meeting and Business Summit of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce convenes next week, business, education, healthcare, finance, political and community leaders from throughout our state will gather to discuss our recent successes and seek solutions for pressing West ...

The jet stream is a river of wind that blows from West to East, high up in the atmosphere where jets fly. It is the boundary between the cold air of the north and the warm air of the south. The peaks and valleys in the jet stream generate the pressure centers shown on weather maps as an H or ...

Some schools had their first day of school last week and Wood County’s first day for students was on Wednesday, Aug. 23, with many excited students anxious for the new year. I hear various different and mixed emotions from both parents and children with parents thrilled that their child is ...