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Boley: Thank you for your service to constituents

Last week, state Senate President Pro Tempore Donna Boley announced her decision to step away from the legislature after decades of service representing Pleasants County and state Senate District Three. “It is with a heavy, but grateful, heart that I submit to you my resignation from the ...

High Points of the Valley

* The American Discovery 250 Relay will travel 6,800 miles across the country this summer and fall. Some of those miles will run right through the Mid-Ohio Valley, including the North Bend Rail Trail and crossing the river into Belpre. What a wonderful way to be part of the celebration of this ...

Look Back: ‘Man-Bird' lands in Parkersburg

AVIATORS ARE HERE And Their New Craft Will Be Viewed By Thousands Of Curious Folk The Whole World Has Its Gaze Turned On Parkersburg. P.O. Parmalee and Clifford B. Turley, the aviators in the employ of the Wright Brothers, arrived here yesterday afternoon, to make flights this week at ...

Reporter's Notebook: Lions and lambs of the Senate

The West Virginia Senate is losing two giants with the resignation of Senate President Pro Tempore Donna Boley, R-Pleasants, and the retirement at the end of 2026 of Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell. Boley, 90, has been a state senator since her appointment by the then-Gov. Arch ...

Letter to the Editor: Think ahead, build destinations

After attending the public comments and Parkersburg’s City Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6 featuring debate on the fate of city trash collectors. The long-winded session left me exhausted realizing that even Sisyphus worked harder in his fruitless efforts trying to roll a heavy ball (our ...