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WVUP Foundation establishes DEI scholarship

PARKERSBURG — At West Virginia University at Parkersburg, the spirit of Nancy Rauch Harris lives on through a newly established scholarship fund dedicated to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on campus. This is the first scholarship of this kind for the foundation. Those ...

Local events

Meetings ¯ The Washington County Republicans Executive Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 1, at Republican Headquarters, 216 Putnam Street, lower level. Guests and prospective members are welcome to come and find out how to be a part of the upcoming elections. ¯ The Barlow ...

Frontier High graduate receives inaugural scholarship

NEW MATAMORAS - Frontier High School graduate Cadence Cline was awarded the inaugural $1,000 Brenda Charlene Reed DeGori Memorial Scholarship on June 12. The scholarship check will be sent directly to West Virginia University at Parkersburg, where Cline is registered to begin a program in ...

Vote this week in final Readers’ Choice round

Staff Reports It’s that time again, this week is your chance to choose the winners of the annual Marietta Times Readers’ Choice Awards. In May, readers cast votes for 1,837 reader-nominated businesses and now we are down to the top five vote getters in each category. There are 964 ...

Picture this: Parkersburg PrideFest

Parkersburg Pride, the organizer of the PrideFest on Saturday in City Park, had a booth set up at the festival that sold Parkersburg Pride t-shirts, stickers, bracelets and different pride flags. Photos by Clara Noelle

Marietta College to host Juneteenth event

Marietta College will once again host a Juneteenth National Independence Day celebration, welcoming the campus and the greater Marietta community to special programming designed to educate people on the importance of this national holiday. “Though the official holiday is on June 19, the ...