Marietta City Council opened the 2026-27 council term Thursday by swearing in three new members, reorganizing committees and unanimously approving the city’s operating budgets during a New Year’s Day special meeting at the Armory. Newly elected council members Jeff Schultheis, Katie ...
Nearly 1,200 people received a fresh, warm meal from organizers and volunteers with the 12th annual Christmas Feast on Thursday in Marietta. Over a dozen organizations and groups within the county gathered to cook, prepare, distribute and dine with residents in need of food and companionship ...
PARKERSBURG – The historic Tracewell House caught on fire early Christmas Eve morning. Local volunteer fire departments responded to the home in the 2000 block of DuPont Road, next to the Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery, just after 2 a.m. Wednesday morning to a report of a structure ...
Two people have died since being injured in an orphan well explosion in Washington County in August — the most recent on Dec. 14. Chris Pinkerton, 48, of Woodsfield, was an employee of Monroe Drilling at the site of the blast on Independence Township 420 in the Wayne National Forest, ...
Many people came out to Sacra Via Park in Marietta Sunday for the Winter Solstice Watch hosted by The Castle to commemorate the longest night of the year and the official beginning of winter. A crowd of well over 75 people gathered in the park to watch the sunset. The park is uniquely ...
The Washington County Commission passed the over $25 million 2026 appropriations budget during a meeting Wednesday. The commission, which usually meets on Thursday, held its regular meeting on Wednesday this week to avoid the Christmas holiday. The commissioners unanimously approved the ...
