Around 130 Scouts from around the Kootaga District are enjoying summer camp at Camp Kootaga in Wirt County during the first season since the camp was bought by the Camp Kootaga Foundation from the Scouting USA Buckskin Council for use as a multi-purpose camp for Scouts and others. Many of the ...
Annual Beverly/Waterford Homecoming The Annual Beverly/Waterford Homecoming presented by Russell Chadwick American Legion Post 389 will be today and Saturday, at Dodge Park. Today, there will be a garden tractor pull with registration at 5 p.m. and the pull starting at 6 p.m. Also today will be music by the Matt Hansell Band from 7-10 p.m. On Saturday, the park opens at noon, the King of the Asphalt Tractor Pull will be at 1 p.m., free kid rides will be from noon to 2 p.m., the hot dog eating contest will be at 4 p.m. and there will be music by Jesse Lang and friends from 5-8:30 p.m. ...
The United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday this week. Americans can be proud of our heritage. America claims the largest economy on the planet. Though China’s population is much larger, China’s Gross Domestic Product is only 2/3 that of the U.S., leaving the Chinese a distant second. But Americans haven’t been selfish with the wealth; the U.S. is also the world’s most benevolent country, giving away more wealth than any other nation. Because of the U.S.A., the world doesn’t speak German or Japanese, and Israel is a sovereign state. Young people from around the ...
The Marietta Times will not publish a print edition on Saturday, Independence Day, nor any of the other federal holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Our newsroom will remain staffed on both the day before and the actual holiday. Event and breaking news coverage, local sports coverage and obituaries will still be handled and appear on our website on those holiday mornings, and in print on the day after the holidays. Readers who have not linked their ...
The performance of "1776" presented by the Actors Guild of Parkersburg in partnership with Downtown PKB and America 250 will be changing locations today from Bicentennial Park to the Center on Market/Wood County Resiliency Center, 328 2nd St., Parkersburg. The change is due to expected high temperatures and extreme heat warnings by the National Weather Service. The performance is free to the public and no tickets are required to attend.
PARKERSBURG — Highmark Health Options West Virginia (HHOWV) and Foodsmart announced a new program to bring personalized nutrition care and food support to members across the state. The venture will initially focus on those with chronic conditions including, but not exclusive to, sickle cell anemia, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, pre-diabetes and obesity, as well as maternal health populations. The program launched July 1, according to a press release from Highmark Health Options. In West Virginia, where more than 40% of adults are living with obesity and approximately 12% ...
