MINERAL WELLS — Months of feeding, training and caring for animals culminated Saturday as young exhibitors gathered for the Wood County 4-H and FFA Summer Showcase and Livestock Sale. The sale, held at the Wood…
After rains, area under another air quality alert
PARKERSBURG – Heavy rains hit the area Saturday and another air quality alert was issued on Sunday. A flash flood…
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Warren Local BOE operations committee meeting The operations committee of the Warren Local Board of Education will meet at 5…
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Meetings ¯ The operations committee of the Warren Local Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m Wednesday at Warren…
Tensions rise over Knox Park agreements at Marietta City Council meeting
MARIETTA — A dispute over the use of city-owned land at Knox Park became heated Thursday as Marietta City Council…
Fort Frye Local Schools Board of Education seeking construction bids for school-based health clinic
BEVERLY — Fort Frye Local Schools Board of Education met for a regular monthly meeting Thursday evening with updates from…
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‘Long, bumpy road’: Beverly/Lowell claims Region 4 title
Fighting its way back through the loser’s bracket of the Region 4 Tournament, Beverly/Lowell…
Beverly/Lowell eliminates Marietta, punches ticket to state
Wilcoxen Aces Oxbow Mark Wilcoxen, of Belpre, had a hole-in-one at Oxbow Golf Course. Wilcoxen aced…
Hole-In-One
Marietta, Beverly/Lowell win; rematch set for 4 p.m. today
Editorials
Fort Frye health clinic important for kids, community
Fort Frye Local Schools, with the help of plenty of community partners, is proving once again that is will rise to the occasion when its students and families need more than just reading, writing and arithmetic. Board members have approved allowing Superintendent Stephanie Starcher and Treasurer Kaitlin Huck begin seeking bids for a new…
We live in a region with one of the heaviest concentrations of EPA-designated brownfields sites in…
BHRC doing award-winning work on our behalf (editorial for 7/18)
A Vinton County case in which 16 children were rescued from horrifying conditions and four adults…
Case shows importance of those who watch out for kids
If one takes a step back and looks at the matter logically, Ohio’s requirement that candidates…
Keep party politics out of the judiciary (editorial for 7/16)
Business
Cracking the Code: More Scotland impressions and wisdom
When Lynnda and I returned from Scotland we learned there had been an accident in our neighborhood over July 4th weekend. "According to Kanawha County Dispatchers, the Pinch VFD, Kanawha County Sheriff's Office and ambulance crews responded to an ATV rollover. Two people were reportedly injured. Neither were wearing helmets.” Our next door neighbor…
Local Columns
Living Democracy: A history of US student rights
In early American history, children were widely viewed as the property of their fathers. Over the past two centuries, the U.S. has evolved to recognize children as legal persons with their own independent rights; however, Supreme Court decisions concerning children’s rights over the years have frequently contradicted prior decisions. It wasn’t until the 19th…
MOV Climate Corner: Greed (not need) behind ridiculous data center expansions
WCSWCD: Get rich fast! Soil rich, that is
The Way I See It: Fire has reshaped downtown Marietta
Neighborhood News
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Warren Local BOE operations committee meeting The operations committee of the Warren Local Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m Wednesday at Warren Elementary School, 60 Warrior Drive, Vincent. Warren Local BOE meeting The regular meeting of the Warren Local Board of Education will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Warren Elementary School,…
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Features
Wirt grad Alex Trembly living out dream as fighter pilot
Marietta couple celebrates 100th birthday and 75th wedding anniversary
Dorothy Clark wins seventh out of nearly 200 students at speech and debate nationals
Boot me out of the ballgame: A College World Series appreciation of Lambert Bartak
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