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Rolling Stone

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Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise

This story is published in partnership with DeSmog , the climate investigations site. Inside France's Fiery Protests: 'We Feel Completely Lost' In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology professor David Jeffrey was among the residents worried that industry activity in America’s booming natural gas region could be polluting their drinking water. That’s “the biggest fear,” he said at an August meeting with top Ohio officials. When Jeffrey and residents from advocacy groups Buckeye Environmental Network and Washington County for Safe Drinking Water met with Ohio officials, those state officials repeatedly assured residents that despite the up to 1.4 billion gallons of oil and gas wastewater injected in underground wells in their county and across Ohio each year, the state was unaware of any resulting drinking water contamination there. “We would have heard about it,” Mary Mertz, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), which oversees both aspects of Ohio’s environment and its oil and gas industry, told residents in the August 17 virtual meeting. “No one has called us that I’m aware of,” said Eric Vendel, ODNR’s oil and gas division chief. “We have a water investigation form that can be filled out and we would have

Ohio · 12d

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Ohio voters head to the polls Tuesday with updated mail-in ballot deadlines

MARIETTA, Ohio — Voters across Ohio are preparing to cast their ballots Tuesday, and local election officials are reminding residents of key deadlines, identification rules and polling hours before heading to the ballot box. Polls statewide open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Anyone in line by...

Ohio · 8d

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Southeastern Ohio Port Authority announces new president, CEO

MARIETTA - The Southeastern Ohio Port Authority Board of Directors announced Eric Wade as its president and CEO in a release on Thursday. Wade began the role on Monday, and the board formally welcomed him during its meeting on Wednesday. Wade was the senior planner for the Buckeye Hills Regional...

Marietta, OH · 11d

Parkersburg News & Sentinel

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Parkersburg Urban Renewal Authority approves sale of lots, time change

PARKERSBURG - The Urban Renewal Authority voted this week to sell property on Latrobe Street to a local businessman with a record of building houses on vacant lots, despite a late plea by a local church for a chance to bid on the property. Your Hut Inc. owner O.B. Epling...

Parkersburg, WV · 12d

West Virginia Watch

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PAC in West Virginia rural race has ties to school at center of grant controversy

A super PAC distributing attack mailers against a candidate in the rural 17th House District appears to have had financial ties to a Catholic college in Ohio in the recent past.

West Virginia · 12d

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Wood County Courthouse News: Oct. 22–28, 2026

Gilbert Eugene Lee Napper → Rebecca Diane Mathess Dye. Robert Neil Bray III → Mary Beth Powell Robinson. David A. Sands and Donna J. Sands → Davis Real Estate Holdings LLC. Tracts containing 16.021 acres, 0.535 acre, 1.478 acres, 25 acres, and 32 acres, including property along...

Wood County, WV · 13d

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New music venue opens in downtown Marietta

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - A new music venue has opened in downtown Marietta. First City Live is a stage and performance space located off the main part of First City Records, which is owned by Aaron Whited. Whited said the venue focuses on music that does not get much local...

Marietta, OH · 13d

NewsForce 24/7

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Belpre Women’s and Children’s Hospital Stalls as Ohio Awaits Federal Approval

Construction of Memorial Health System’s new women’s and children’s hospital in Belpre is on hold while Ohio waits for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to greenlight a rural hospital funding program, The Columbus Dispatch reported Oct. 28. The Marietta-based health system broke ground on the hospital in 2024 and had first expected to […]

Belpre, OH · 14d

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Wood County Route 46 scheduled for closure

Wood County, W.Va. (WTAP) - Wood County Route 46, Wadesville Road, will be closed from the intersection of Wood County Route 38, Lost Pavement Road, to the intersection of Wood County Route 17, Lee Creek Road, for a paving project. The project is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, through...

Wood County, WV · 13d

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W.Va. House of Delegates District 10 candidates share ideals

Voters in Wood County will send a new face to Charleston this fall as Republican Justin Beanard and Democrat Christopher Jones compete for the West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 seat.

Wood County, WV · 11d

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Three vie for District 13 seat in West Virginia

Wood County, WV · 11d

Parkersburg News & Sentinel

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Former educators seek handrails at PHS field house

PARKERSBURG -- Two former Wood County educators urged the Board of Education on Tuesday to install handrails at the Parkersburg High School field house, saying the seating areas pose difficulties for older spectators and people with limited mobility. Gary Crabtree and Carl Harnish, who both spent decades teaching and coaching...

Parkersburg, WV · 13d

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Three candidates vie for WVHOD District 13 seat

PARKERSBURG, W.Va . (WTAP) - Republican Melissa McCrady, Democrat Marley Umensetter and Independent James Hendershot are running for the West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 seat. McCrady defeated incumbent Delegate Scot Heckert in the Republican primary last May. “I am running on a platform of freedom and a return...

West Virginia · 12d

WOWK 13 News

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Ripley Veterans Day Parade registration open

RIPLEY, W.Va (WOWK) – Families can honor a veteran during Ripley’s Veterans Day Parade on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 9:30 a.m. Participants will carry signs recognizing veterans, whose names and service branches will be announced as they pass Parsons Corner. The parade will travel through town to Starcher Mansion, where a ceremony is scheduled for […]

Ripley, WV · 12d

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Wood County road closure scheduled

Wood County, W.Va. (WTAP) - Wood County Route 46, Wadesville Road, will be closed from the intersection of Wood County 15, Slate Run Road, to the intersection of Wood County Route 38, Lost Pavement Road, at milepost 4.54 for a culvert installation. The work is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 29,...

Wood County, WV · 15d

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Doddridge County Community Foundation announces new endowed scholarship

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The Doddridge County Community Foundation announced the creation of a new endowed scholarship designed to support the next generation of skilled, hands-on professionals: the Carder-Swiger Family Doddridge County Vocational Scholarship. Established by Jim Carder (Doddridge County High School Class of 1987) and his wife, Mary, the...

Doddridge County, WV · 14d

Parkersburg News & Sentinel

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Polymer Alliance Zone receives USDA Rural Development grant

DAVISVILLE - The Polymer Alliance Zone Inc. is among six West Virginia recipients sharing $554,000 in Rural Business Development Grants from the United States Department of Agriculture. The Polymer Alliance will receive $197,000 for an employee parking lot for a new industry in Wood County, improve truck access to an...

Wood County, WV · 12d

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Washington County Voters to Decide on 911 Levy Renewal

Written by: Zachery Simpkins (zas004@marietta.edu) Election Day is right around the corner. Although state-wide races have garnered plenty of press coverage, in Washington County, a levy renewal for 911 operators awaits voter opinion. The 911 levy was first approved in 2016. This levy funds half of the salary of 11...

Washington County, OH · 13d

NewsForce 24/7

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Washington County Enters Final Week of Early Voting in Marietta Before Nov. 3

Washington County voters are in the final week of early voting for the Nov. 3 general election, casting ballots in person at the Washington County Board of Elections office at 512 Montgomery Street in Marietta, according to the board and the Ohio Secretary of State’s official voting-location listing. Early in-person voting runs from 7:30 a.m. […]

Marietta, OH · 14d

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Pleasants Co. County Commission discusses levy

For the first time in county history, Pleasants County voters will see a dedicated ambulance levy on the upcoming general election ballot.

Pleasants County, WV · 12d