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Paden City Development Authority attorney Timothy E. Haught told members April 14 that Jeff Sprouse has not yet responded to PCDA's counter-offer to accept his bid on the industrial park for $1,000,001. Haught ... via Wetzel Chronicle

“We need a local representative to tell us what the needs are here”

Since a group of Wetzel County Landfill employees came before Wetzel County Commission last week, the landfill general manager, Randy Sims, resigned from it's employ reportedly because, "he was at the end of ... via Wetzel Chronicle

“And, it doesn't have the stigma attached to it like being dragged into a jail”

The Wetzel-Tyler Center for Child Advocacy will hold an open house for the public April 24, 3-5 p.m., at the Family Resource Network in Middlebourne. via Wetzel Chronicle

“We come for your support with the PSC”

Wetzel County Commission heard on April 8 from a group of nine employees representing the Wetzel County Landfill at Cider Run. via Wetzel Chronicle

“I think you make every effort possible to schedule the meeting in West Virginia. I would have moved it (the meeting date) until they found the availability.”

Taking meeting to Kentucky is a slap in the face THE REGISTER-HERALD Editorial: BrickStreet Taking meeting to Kentucky is a slap in the face Opinion: The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. If this were a ... via Bluefield Daily Telegraph

“The town didn't force it on anyone”

The panel members spent a long evening Monday answering questions at the Pine Grove special meeting on the sewer line extension project. via Wetzel Chronicle

“We also have these people out doing community service to repay the community for what they have done”

' A $336,818 grant application for Wood County's Community Corrections Day Report Center was approved Monday by the county commission. via Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

“That doesn't mean they will all come into the market, but it shows they have an interest”

BrickStreet President Greg Burton says the days of large profits could be coming to an end for the private company, which now has a monopoly on the state workers' compensation business. via Bluefield Daily Telegraph

“That doesn't mean they will all come into the market, but it shows they have an interest”

BrickStreet President Greg Burton says the days of large profits could be coming to an end for the private company, which now has a monopoly on the state workers' compensation business. via Bluefield Daily Telegraph

“During the month of February, Wetzel County Hospital Emergency Room saw a record number of patients with upper respiratory symptoms or flu-like symptoms, 350 compared to 152 during the same month last year.”

Headache, diarrhea, vomiting or sniffling, coughing, sneezing-everyone in Wetzel County knows someone who has something. via Wetzel Chronicle

Pictured at the Workforce luncheon are from left, seated Jay Morrison, Mission West Virginia chief technician and Tim Elliott, Mission West Virginia e-learning coordinator. via Wetzel Chronicle

“We are all users of these products and we understand the economic benefits of that activity.”

A local chapter of West Virginia Surface Owners' Rights Organization has formed and is trying to inform county leaders and residents of their rights when mineral rights owners want to access the oil and gas ... via Wetzel Chronicle

“It will be in, hopefully, by the beginning of the summer”

Patrons at the historic Lincoln Theater in downtown New Martinsville should be able to enjoy entertainment in air conditioned comfort after early summer. via Wetzel Chronicle

“He has been in the legal system the last three years.”

Tyler County Circuit Court Judge Mark Karl remanded Jeremiah Francis to the care of the state to serve one to five years in the West Virginia State Penitentiary for Men, with credit for time served Jan. via Tyler Star News

“This mainly deals with disruptive students that have a history”

Mean-spirited spitfires causing trouble in West Virginia's public classrooms are the targets of a new Senate bill aimed at dealing with disruptive students who are costing schools valuable instruction time. via Bluefield Daily Telegraph

The Ohio Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America takes great pride and pleasure in honoring James L. McIntyre, Jr. via Tyler Star News

“Registering online was confusing, and it did disenfranchise some people”

' Fewer than 1 percent of West Virginia's Republicans cast votes to nominate delegates to Tuesday's state GOP convention, according to figures released this week. via The Intelligencer

John T. Madden has served West Virginians, in particular those in Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler counties, very well for many years. via Wheeling News

Three Wetzel County schools are ranked in the top 10 public high schools in West Virginia in a study that appeared last week on an Internet blog, wvreport.com/highschool. Hundred High School is ranked number ... via Wetzel Chronicle