2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (344+ words) PARKERSBURG " State Sen. Mike Azinger recently announced plans to run for a new term. Azinger, 60, of Vienna, represents Senate District 3, which includes Wood, Wirt, Pleasants and Ritchie counties. He was elected to complete an unexpired term in 2016, then reelected to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (311+ words) For generations, the Ohio River has been the pulse of our region. It powers our economy, supplies drinking water to millions, supports thriving communities, and defines who we are. Yet despite its immense, the Ohio River Basin has long lacked…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (261+ words) MARIETTA " The Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral arguments on eight cases Nov. 18-19, including a dispute over hydraulic-fracturing waste in Southeast Ohio and the proposed approval of a major solar facility in Logan County, according to Court News Ohio,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1979+ words) PARKERSBURG AT HERBERT HOOVER PHS (5-4) results: lost to Morgantown, 44-7; lost to Spring Valley, 30-20; d. Hurricane 45-16; d. Parkersburg South, 20-17; d. Riverside, 48-0; lost to George Washington, 37-30; lost to Huntington, 35-3; d. Cabell Midland, 27-20; d. Ripley, 56-21 HHHS (7-2) results: lost to Independence, 37-34; d. Winfield, 35-0; d. Nitro, 15-14; d. Lincoln County, 66-8; d. Point Pleasant, 46-7; d. South Charleston,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (116+ words) An investigation by the West Virginia Ethics Commission Probable Review Board entered an order on September 17, 2025, finding that there is probable cause to believe that Tyler County Board of Education member Larry Thomas violated the Ethics Act by sending a…...

2+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (202+ words) Johnson has said Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in when the House returns to session, blamed the government shutdown for the delay and accused Mayes of seeking publicity when she threatened to file the lawsuit. Once she is sworn in,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (136+ words) ELKINS " The pastor of the Summit Church in Elkins was arrested Wednesday and faces a felony charge after allegedly soliciting a minor. Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, is charged with one count of soliciting a minor via computer, a felony, and was…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1936+ words) RHS (1-3) results: lost to Greenbrier East, 39-27; lost to Oak Hill, 26-7; d. St. Albans, 51-0; lost to Nitro, 41-0 PHS (2-2) results: lost to Morgantown, 44-7; lost to Spring Valley, 30-20; d. Hurricane, 45-16; d. Parkersburg South, 20-17 Key RHS players: QB Tavion Woods, WR John Battle, WR Tyson Arms, RB…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (722+ words) CHARLESTON " As a former lawmaker, David Kelly once was the co-chairman of the Legislative Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority. But as the recently-appointed commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Kelly was on…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (68+ words) PHOENIX (AP) " Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison Friday on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona, marking an end to a winding legal saga for the mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed people in her life…...