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Marietta College receives nearly $100,000 NetVUE grant for student mentoring, career and purpose programs

MARIETTA 鈥� Marietta College has received a nearly $100,000 grant to develop campus-wide mentoring and educational programs intended to help students connect their studies, experiences and future plans with a broader sense of purpose. The $99,996 Program Development Grant was awarded by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education, or NetVUE. Marietta College is one of 30 institutions nationwide selected to receive a 2026 grant through the program. The two-year grant will fund a network of mentors and programs focused on vocational exploration. College officials said the ...

Holiday note to readers

The Marietta Times and The Parkersburg News and Sentinel will not publish print editions on Juneteenth, nor any of the other major postal holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our newsroom will remain staffed, however, on both the day before and the actual holiday. Event and breaking news coverage, local sports coverage and obituaries will still be handled and appear on our website on those holiday mornings, and in print editions after the holidays. Readers ...

Constellium Skilled Trades scholars among students recognized

Six students have been selected in the latest class of the Constellium Skilled Trades Scholarship Program. They were recognized June 5 at the annual Skilled Trades Signing Ceremony at Constellium in Ravenswood. The event celebrated the students鈥� selection into the highly competitive ...

Electric Mayhem: Lawmakers weigh in on transmission projects, data centers

CHARLESTON 鈥� Monday鈥檚 series of legislative interim meetings began with Republican lawmakers questioning the benefits of two proposed electric transmission line projects and ended with Democratic lawmakers calling for changes to West Virginia鈥檚 data center district law. Members of the ...

Marietta Main Street slates Summer Shop Hop for Saturday

MARIETTA 鈥� Marietta Main Street will celebrate the start of summer on Saturday with the June Shop Hop from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. downtown. Nearly 20 businesses will participate, with every purchase at one of those establishments earning a raffle ticket for a chance to win a prize basket. Participating businesses will be highlighted by balloons outside their entrances and will be offering special promotions, sales and discounts. Jennifer Tinkler, executive director of Marietta Main Street, said in a release that the seasonal Shop Hops bring the downtown retailers, all independently owned, ...

Meet Me on Market event in downtown this Friday

PARKERSBURG 鈥� Downtown Parkersburg is preparing for the next Meet Me on Market this Friday from 5-7:30 p.m. or so. The Meet Me on Market events are bringing together local businesses, artists, musicians and community organizations for another installment of the popular Third Friday event of ...