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Board of Ed. approves personnel
POINT PLEASANT — The Mason County Board of Education met on Tuesday evening to approve agenda items, including personnel matters.All board membe...
Fulfilling a nation’s promise… Soldier accounted for from World War II
WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced this week that Army Pfc. James W. White, 21, of Chester, Ohio, killed during...
Next phase of Mason sidewalk project begins
MASON — The next phase of the Mason sidewalk project has begun, it was announced at the most recent town council meeting.Present were Mayor Donn...
Hosting ‘History Walk’
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Fort Randolph Committee recently announced the fort will open on Saturday, May 15 to commemorate the 1778 Siege of F...
Mason reaches 2,000 total cases… 4 new cases reported in area
OHIO VALLEY — Mason County became the second of the Ohio Valley Publishing area counties to top 2,000 COVID-19 cases (since the start of the pan...
Mason County teens win pageant titles
PARKERSBURG — Three Mason County teens were crowned with pageant titles at the Mid-Ohio Valley Multicultural Festival in Parkersburg last month....
Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12
U.S. regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation’s...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed wit...
WVa governments getting nearly $1.9B in COVID federal relief
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will receive nearly $1.4 billion from the federal government to offset economic setbacks from the coronav...
WVa ‘ready to go’ with Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is prepared to begin administering coronavirus vaccines to 12- to 15-year-olds now that U.S. regulators h...
