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Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Backyard Gardener: The tomato hornworm – a big worm with a big appetite
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! We are experiencing one of the wettest Augusts in recent memory as rain totals this month are more than 8 inches in many areas of the valley. As the harvest of tomatoes, peppers, green beans, sweet corn and other vegetables continues, please contact the WVU Extension Office with questions on freezing, canning or other garden-related questions.
WTAP
THIS IS HOME: Dental practice in St. Marys marks 80 years in business
ST MARYS, W.Va. (WTAP) - A dental practice in St. Marys recently celebrated 80 years in business. Richard Gerber, the current owner of the practice, started his career in 1983. He and his brother, Jay, worked alongside their father for years. The practice began when their father returned from the Navy in 1946.
The Columbus Dispatch
Marietta residents fight fracking brine disposal, call it 'Russian roulette'
It's difficult to talk about Marietta without using the word "historic." The southeastern Ohio city of more than 13,000 residents sits at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, along the West Virginia border. It is home to the largest burial site of Revolutionary War soldiers in a single graveyard, ancient Indigenous archaeological sites dating to about 100 BC, is recognized as Ohio's first permanent American settlement in 1788, and the first organized seat of government for the Northwest Territory from which Ohio was formed. But the community is now dealing with a modern threat they fear could define the city's future. Since 2025, residents, activists and local organizers have sounded the alarm about the possibility that toxic, radioactive wastewater stored thousands of feet underground could migrate into the region's drinking water. They warn that contamination could trigger an environmental disaster. For years, trucks from neighboring Pennsylvania and West Virginia have crossed into Ohio to dump billions of gallons of radioactive wastewater known as brine – the chemical waste from fracking for oil and gas – thousands of feet underground through injection wells near Marietta's water supply. The brine is stored deep underground between porous rock formations that, in
thepostathens.com
The Athena Grand closes, replaced by Goodwill
Goodwill has taken over the spot the Athena Grand, a local movie theater on East State Street, occupied before its closure in January 2025. After nearly 20 years in business, the Athena Grand was unable to recover from the effects COVID-19 had on the local theatre, according to a previous report by The Post.
Farm and Dairy
Soil samples show low-level findings from Parkersburg warehouse fire: WVDA
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture collected approximately 200 water and soil samples from agricultural and residential properties after the Peoples Cartage warehouse fire in early July. Low concentrations of some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, compounds associated with combustion, smoke, ash and fire debris, were found in...
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athensindependent.com
Construction paused at affordable housing development
ATHENS, Ohio — Construction of an affordable housing project near Hooper Road in Athens is suspended while its developers consider alternative sites throughout the state. Avanelle Crossing, a planned 60-unit development for low-income residents, is a partnership between Columbus-based Sunset Development and Capstone Property Management of Athens. In mid-June, Sunset Development President James Hunley told WOUB the project would break ground by the fall, pending city review.
WTAP
180 Ranch purchases Rippling Waters Camp & Conference Center
KENNA, W.Va. (WTAP) - After months of planning, prayer and a search for the right property, the Board of Directors announced that the organization purchased the historic Rippling Waters Camp & Conference Center to solve West Virginia’s foster care housing crisis. This marks a major milestone in 180 ranch’s...
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Retirees Are Flocking To This Quiet Ohio River Town Where The Cost Of Living Stays Low
Along the winding banks of southeastern Ohio, two rivers meet and slow the pace of everyday life to something calmer and easier to afford. Older adults have quietly discovered this pocket of the state, where brick sidewalks lead past historic storefronts and modest home prices leave room to breathe. It...
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Farm 2 Table effort grows bigger, better
MARIETTA - An effort by a group of local community leaders in 2020 has grown into a shared vision for how Washington County better connects local agriculture with the needs of families. For the past six years, community leaders purchased livestock and provided fresh meat to food pantries throughout the...