Wood BOE renews i-Ready after debate

September 24, 2026

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education approved a $389,744 renewal of its i-Ready assessment and instructional program Tuesday evening after debating whether to delay the purchase for further review. Board member Haley Meredith…

Wood BOE renews i-Ready after debate

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education approved a $389,744 renewal of its i-Ready assessment and instructional program Tuesday…

Lewis receives lifetime achievement award at tourism meet

CHARLESTON - The retiring president and CEO of the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau received a lifetime achievement award…

Belpre Chamber of Commerce slates 88th dinner

The 88th annual dinner of the Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce has been announced and is titled Surviving Business Challenges…

Find Your Wild events at St. Marys Marina

The Friends of the Ohio River Islands will hold events Saturday and Sunday at Middle Island in St. Marys as…

Promise Campaign golf outing raises $35,000

SISTERSVILLE, W.Va. — Memorial Health Foundation’s first Promise Campaign Golf Outing raised nearly $35,000 to support construction of a new…

Local Sports

Mid-Ohio Valley Prep Football Statistical Leaders

SCORING Name, School, TD, FG, 2, 1, TOTAL Trevor Mayle, Calhoun 13 0 1 14 93 Kyler Basham, Eastern 14 0 1 0 86 Treyvon Bearhs, Wahama 9 0 3 0 60 Hayden Jones, Waterford 9 0 1 0 56 Gavin Rauch, Ft. Frye 9 0 1 0 56 Jordan Adkins, Ripley 9 0…

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF Sectional Tournament: (E) Division II Girls At Jaycee Golf Club Qualifiers: Top…

Scoreboard (9/23)

Warren outlasts Marietta in five-set thriller

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF At Cliffside Golf Club Division II Girls Sectionals TEAM SCORES: 1. Wellston 437;…

Scoreboard (9/22)

Editorials

Ohio must get tough on Flock camera data misuse

As wariness (and outright anger) over the use of Flock cameras in our communities increases, Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson is right to be joining organizations such as the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio in seeking greater regulation of the surveillance devices. Investigations, including those by news organizations such as the Ohio Capital…

September is National Preparedness Month. Local residents who have experienced an unusually wet and stormy summer…

Support the Red Cross any way you can this month

While politicians continue to behave as though they think our priorities are socio-cultural issues and remaining…

Politicians must turn focus to costs

With the help of West Virginia University-Parkersburg, Metallica’s All Within My Hands program continues to make…

Metallica trade scholarship program rocks

Business

Matchmaking for Manufacturers: How education and incentives for reshoring can benefit West Virginia

CHARLESTON - Advocates for West Virginia's manufacturing industry are educating companies to look at…

CHARLESTON – A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Washington, W.Va., residents…

Lawsuit filed over alleged contamination from Chemours landfill

During my corporate life, the company I worked for was part of a crew doing a…

Cracking the code: Facts and truth are important

Hammer captures nature's beauty in photo exhibit at WesBanco

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Local Columns

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Neighborhood News

Local Events

Meetings ¯ The Fiscal Year 2027 (Round 21) committee meeting of the Natural Resources Assistance Council will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 8, at Buckeye Hills Regional Council, 2585 Glendale Road, Marietta. The purpose of this meeting is to review the Fiscal Year 2027 (Round 21) Clean Ohio applications for eligibility. Questions regarding this…

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