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Wood County Economic Development to hold annual meeting Oct. 14

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Development Authority and Parkersburg-Wood County Area Development Corporation will be holding a joint annual meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Discovery World on Market. Christine Davies, West Virginia deputy secretary for economic development and workforce participation, will be the keynote speaker. Davies joined the West Virginia Department of Commerce after spending 25 years “at the intersection of business, technology, policy, and entrepreneurship,” according to a news release from Wood County Economic Development. She is founder and ...

Smith named new RMI Property Division Chair

Attorney Dustin Smith, a native of Vincent, Ohio, has been named as the new Chair of the Property Division of Roberts, Matejczyk & Ita Co. LPA (RMI), a law firm located in Seville, Ohio. RMI, with 22 employees, represents insurance companies on claims in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Smith is ...

Scalp cooling aims to reduce hair loss from chemotherapy

PARKERSBURG – Patients receiving chemotherapy at the WVU Cancer Institute at Camden Clark Medical Center now have access to scalp cooling, a new service intended to help reduce one of treatment’s most visible side effects: hair loss. The Cooler Heads Amma scalp-cooling system lowers the ...

Early detection is the first line of defense against breast cancer

MARIETTA – Some of the most important care for breast cancer happens before symptoms ever appear. Routine preventive care, including annual wellness visits and recommended breast cancer screenings, gives providers an opportunity to identify concerns earlier, when patients may have more ...

Data centers a hot topic in Congressional, state elections

PARKERSBURG – The Democratic challenger for one of West Virginia’s Congressional seats pitched legislation on Friday establishing a two-year moratorium on new, large data centers and giving local communities a say in whether they’re built. Ace Parsi, a Morgantown community organizer running for the District 2 U.S. House of Representatives seat occupied by Rep. Riley Moore, said the proposed Neighbors, Not Servers Act would be “the very first piece of legislation that I would introduce as a member of Congress.” Moore said in a statement Friday that “West Virginians need a ...