PARKERSBURG 鈥� A potential referendum has prevented Waste Management from signing a nearly $15 million sanitation service contract, Parkersburg鈥檚 city attorney said during a hearing over the ongoing petition effort Thursday. The process will last a little longer after Wood County Circuit ...
ELIZABETH 鈥� Some Wirt County students may be seeing a little more clearly soon after a two-day event offering free eye exams and eyewear. Coplin Health Systems used funding from the Benedum Foundation to bring the Optical Academy鈥檚 Glasses2Classes program to Wirt County Middle School ...
MARIETTA 鈥� Volunteers joined engineers and officials Tuesday morning to manually turn the historic Harmar Bridge, allowing inspectors to closely examine its aging mechanical systems as part of an ongoing restoration effort. The turning of span 4 鈥� the bridge鈥檚 swing span 鈥� marked a key ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� The Wood County Commission on Monday approved putting two dilapidated properties out for bid for demolition. County Compliance Officer Levi Brady appeared before the commission to discuss the properties at 402 Dickens Drive in Mineral Wells and 190 Valley Mills Road in ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� The sunny spring weather arrived right on time for the 16th annual Mid-Ohio Valley Easter Parade Saturday. After weeks of unpredictable, relentless cold weather, the sun shone high in the sky with hundreds in attendance at the parade along Market Street. For roughly an hour, ...
CHARLESTON 鈥� The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Wood County man serving life in prison without parole eligibility in a 2021 homicide. Victor Lee Thompson鈥檚 lawyers had argued that Thompson acted in self-defense and that Wood County Circuit Court Judge ...