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West Virginia Superintendent says she’s relocating students because she can’t have students “sitting on chemical waste site”
A recent Decision by the Wetzel County Board of Education to close Paden City High School has left many upset. Parents, staff, students, and community members were outside the Wetzel County BOE building Wednesday morning fighting to save their school.
Classes at a West Virginia school will relocate over toxic groundwater fears
Classes at a small West Virginia school will be relocated this fall, two years after the town’s contaminated groundwater was added to a national cleanup priority list. Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra R. Porter announced the move Tuesday for students, faculty and staff at Paden City High School. They will relocate to existing schools in nearby New Martinsville when classes resume in August.
Mid-Ohio Valley residents, West Virginia officials remember Jerry West
PARKERSBURG — A decorated area basketball coach said West Virginia lost its greatest hero on Wednesday with the passing of Jerry West. “I got a lump in my throat and my heart swelled up,” said former Williamstown girls basketball coach Fred Sauro, who retired in April after 54 years coaching, 38 at Williamstown, and a state record 557 victories.
Ohio Public Works Commission FY2026 application info now available
The Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) State Capital Improvement Program (SCIP) and the Local Transportation Improvement Program (LTIP) application information and guidelines for Fiscal Year 2026 (Round 39) are now available for Athens, Belmont, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, and Washington counties. Eligible projects include: • Roads/cuardrails • Bridge/culverts ...
Wood County WIC Clinic at Jackson Park location closed Friday
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Clinic at the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department is closed due to a water line break at the building. WIC appointments will be held at the Jackson Park Community Building at 1301 34th St., Vienna, until further notice. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To contact the office, call 304-275-3150. Fax number is 304-275-6590.
Wood County 4-H camps continue
MINERAL WELLS — The Wood County 4-H organization is holding its summer camp for its younger group of campers this week at the Wood County 4-H Camp on Butcher Bend Road at Mineral Wells. This year’s camp theme is “Butcher Bend and Beyond,” as the camps’ activities focus around...
Busy weekends ahead for Parkersburg Amateur Radio Klub
PARKERSBURG — Members of the Parkersburg Amateur Radio Klub will be on the air for a pair of events the next two weekends. The group will activate “Parks on the Air” and operate remotely from the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Williamstown on Saturday. And on June 22-23, P.A.R.K. members will conduct their annual ARRL Field Day at Fort Boreman Park in Parkersburg.
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