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Workers from the the City of Parkersburg Street Department paint one of the dozens of footprints that will mark the route of the News and Sentinel Half Marathon on Aug. 15. The race will follow a new route this year that utilizes both the Parkersburg Ohio River Trail and Fort Boreman. To ...

Blennerhassett Hotel to be sold to Taylor Hospitality

PARKERSBURG – A downtown landmark will soon have a new owner. Blennerhassett Hotel owners Wayne Waldeck and Lee Rector have reached an agreement to sell the iconic hotel to Virginia-based Taylor Hospitality, the company announced in a press release Tuesday. Rector and Waldeck purchased the ...

W.Va. Governor’s Office provides TANF update

CHARLESTON – A spokesperson for Gov. Patrick Morrisey said West Virginia's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program is spending far more than it receives in federal grants, but the state's chief banker said it's within the governor's power to address. Lars Dalseide, communications director for the governor's office, released a statement Monday morning providing an update on the state's ongoing review of TANF spending and the recent halting of the TANF-funded School Clothing Allowance initiative due to running out of allotted money. Morrisey first announced a potential $43 ...

Wood County Commission OKs airport funds, emergency absentee voting policy

Lighting of the taxiways was priority 1 in a request for funding presented to the Wood County Commission by the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport. The commission on Monday approved a $90,000 allocation to address the lighting problems and other issues at the airport cited in a July 31 ...

Expedited disaster relief approved for Upshur and Lewis counties

CHARLESTON - Individuals in Upshur and Lewis counties will receive expedited flood relief, with President Donald Trump agreeing to approve the funding. Additional funding is being requested for other counties effected by last month's flooding and tornados. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Monday afternoon that Trump and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved $4.5 million in expedited Individual Assistance for Lewis and Upshur counties while federal disaster officials review storm damage in five other West Virginia counties. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social ...