CHARLESTON - Gov. Patrick Morrisey and other West Virginia leaders praised President Donald Trump Thursday for approximately $700 million in federal investment in coal-fired power generation, including in West Virginia. Trump held a ceremony at the White House Thursday afternoon, attended by ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Contour Airlines will begin offering two direct flights a week to and from Myrtle Beach at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport on July 1. Airport Manager Ben Auville told Wood County Commissioners the flights could be booked during their meeting on Thursday. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 ...
CHARLESTON 鈥� U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito provided an update Thursday on a number of issues being addressed on Capitol Hill, including reforming college athletics and funding for immigration enforcement efforts. Capito, R-W.Va., spoke with West Virginia reporters Thursday morning during a ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� John Gradwohl said some of the skills he uses today, from repairing theater equipment to creating bubble shows with lights, music and projections, trace back to his time in the Navy. Gradwohl, 64, of Parkersburg, served in the Navy from 1982 to 1992 and left as a petty officer ...
PARKERSBURG - Preston Pierce, who has been charged in Wood County in connection with the murder of Gretchen Fleming, was extradited back to Parkersburg to face charges returned by a Wood County Grand Jury in May. Pierce has been held in custody in Buncombe County, N.C., since his arrest on ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� A committee seeking a referendum on Parkersburg City Council鈥檚 approval of a sanitation service contract with Waste Management eclipsed the required number of signatures by more than 300. But city officials still maintain the ordinance in question is not subject to the referendum provision in the municipal charter. Wood County Clerk Joe Gonzales said Thursday that his office delivered to the Parkersburg city clerk鈥檚 office documentation of the verification process of 1,914 signatures turned in by the committee. City Clerk Connie Shaffer said an even 1,000 were ...
