Wood County Commissioners Blair Couch and Jim Hamric were given a demonstration Thursday of the planetarium at Parkersburg High School. They were told about how the space is utilized, how students use it for learning and future plans to increase its use. The demonstration was also attended by ...
NEWPORT 鈥� Avery Powell, a 2026 graduate of Frontier High School and one of the recipients of the Hank Morus Scholarship, is hoping to use that money to pursue a career in environmental engineering at Ohio University. Powell is the son of Kylee Haught and Matthew Powell. At Frontier High ...
A former teacher is making good on a promise he made years ago to his students at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. David Kurtz, who taught American government and constitutional law for seven years from 2004 to 2011, told his students he would throw a 250th celebration party, provided ...
VIENNA 鈥撀燬uplexes, moonsaults, and armbars took center stage as Spencer鈥檚 Landing turned into an all out-brawl Thursday evening for the Red, White & Bruised wrestling event, showcasing wrestling legends and the intense athleticism of the independent wrestling circuit at the Friends of ...
WAVERLY 鈥� The Dark Side Robotics Team of Williamstown will receive a $2,000 grant to support its robotics program. Optimum, a local provider of fiber internet, mobile, TV and phone services, recognized the robotics team as the winner of the Community Impact category in the company鈥檚 ...
RITCHIE COUNTY 鈥� There will be delays across Ritchie, Pleasants and Tyler counties from Sunday to Thursday as an oil and gas rig moves in, the West Virginia Division of Highways announced. Several large loads will be transferred intermittently between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., potentially delaying traffic due to the oversized trucks and equipment. The route will go from West Virginia 74, at milepost 27.739, to Haddox Run (Ritchie County 4) from milepost zero to 1.67, continuing into Tyler County to milepost 2.38. It then moves on to McKim Creek (Tyler County 20) from milepost 1.2 until ...
