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Registration open for West Virginia 988 and Crisis Intervention Team Summit in Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG — Registration is open for the annual West Virginia 988 & Crisis Intervention Team Summit, scheduled for July 20-22 at the Resiliency Center in Parkersburg. The summit is hosted by First Choice Services, a Charleston-based nonprofit that operates several helplines, including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The event will bring together law enforcement, emergency responders, behavioral health professionals, criminal justice officials and community leaders to discuss crisis care in West Virginia. Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT, is a program that trains first responders ...

Lions Club setting up Flags for Heroes on Saturday

The Williamstown Lions Club will be setting up Flags for Heroes on Saturday with a noon dedication ceremony at Tomlinson Park where all the names of heroes will be read. Flags will be flown until July 11. Also scheduled is the annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast that will feature caricature artist J.D. Williamson to do caricatures from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Breakfast is by donation and is open from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Conservation District slates free program

The Washington Soil & Water Conservation District and the Ohio River Valley Woodland Owner Group will present "Maximizing Native Habitat for Game Species" starting with dinner at 5:30 p.m. July 9 at the Washington County Career Center, 21740 State Route 676, Marietta. The program begins at 6 p.m. and will cover topics including deer browse/bedding, white oak management and invasive species. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at 740-373-4857 extension 3.

Parkersburg City Council rejects appeal of sanitation petition rejection

PARKERSBURG – Members of Parkersburg City Council rejected - by one vote - an appeal of the determination that a petition for a referendum on the city’s proposed sanitation contract was insufficient. “You can vote for sufficiency, and let's get this over with,” said Edward Escandon, ...