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PARKERSBURG — Local nature photographer Danny Carpenter is the featured artist this month at WesBanco at 415 Market St. Carpenter stepped in after a family emergency prevented the artist originally scheduled for August from exhibiting. His display features previously exhibited wildlife ...

New course debuts at Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half-Marathon

PARKERSBURG – About 1,000 runners and walkers took to the streets of Parkersburg on Saturday morning for The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two Mile Race. Art Smith, co-director of the races, said the event brought residents, volunteers and visitors together on what ...

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WSCO Board of Trustees meeting The Washington State College of Ohio Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m. today in room H108 of the Main Building. Marietta City BOE to hold special meeting The Marietta City School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. today at 111 Academy Drive for an executive session to consider the complaints against an employee.  No action will be taken. GriefShare program The GriefShare program will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday through Nov. 12, with a special program at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19 called “Surviving ...

Memorial awarded $5M in lawsuit against Camden Clark

PARKERSBURG – A federal jury found Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. liable for one count each of civil conspiracy and vicarious liability and awarded Memorial Health System $5 million in compensatory damages. The verdict was reached Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in Wheeling following a trial that began Aug. 5. “Memorial Health System is pleased that after a decade of investigation and appeal a jury has found Camden Clark Medical Center guilty of conspiracy and vicarious liability against Marietta Memorial Hospital,” the health ...

Parkersburg Homecoming puts community first

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Homecoming brought live music, children’s activities and free family entertainment to the city Saturday as organizers sought to give residents one final celebration before the end of summer. Affordability and accessibility remained central to the two-day ...

Festival brought many eras of history to life in Marietta

MARIETTA – Many areas of history were the topics over the weekend at the America 250th Festival of Living History in Marietta. Historical re-enactors came together at Muskingum Park on Front Street at the invitation of the Frontiersman's Friend Foundation to commemorate local history and ...