PARKERSBURG - As part of the nationwide America 250 celebration, Museums of the MOV, the garden committee of the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society and the Wood County Commission are sponsoring an area-wide effort to recognize gardens displaying a patriotic theme. Gardens, large ...
BARBOUR COUNTY - A measles case was confirmed in an unvaccinated Barbour County resident Tuesday, according to a release from the West Virginia Department of Health. Information provided by State Health Officer Mark McDaniel said officials are working with the Barbour County Health Department on the case to identify contact tracing. The Department of Health has not identified any evidence of widespread community exposure. Regardless, Barbour County clinicians have been notified and asked to monitor patients with symptoms that could resemble measles. According to the release, West ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Shoppers in West Virginia and Ohio will have opportunities to purchase certain clothing, school supplies and instructional materials without paying sales tax during separate back-to-school tax holidays. West Virginia鈥檚 four-day holiday begins Friday, July 31, while Ohio鈥檚 three-day holiday begins Friday, Aug. 7. The price limits and eligible products differ between the two states. West Virginia West Virginia鈥檚 sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 31, and continues through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3. The holiday covers certain clothing costing $125 ...
BUCKHANNON 鈥� Last week's flooding in Upshur and Lewis counties destroyed 33 homes, West Virginia's Senate and Congressional representatives said in a letter to President Donald Trump. The letter, dated Saturday and signed by Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, both R-West ...
ATHENS 鈥� The Baileys Trail System in Athens County is officially complete. Community leaders, partners, and supporters gathered last week to commemorate the completion of all 88 miles of the Baileys Trail System. The celebration included the ribbon cutting for the new Buchtel-Snow Fork ...
About 20 people attended a vigil Saturday held by Indivisible MOV in remembrance of two men shot and killed this month by U.S Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers. The event took place at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Marietta, where speakers called for a stop to ...
