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Nine Wetzel County Tech Center Students Sign with Industry and College

The Wetzel County Tech Center held Welding signing day on Monday, May 12, 2025 at the Tech Center on Rt. 7, New Martinsville. Steve Starkey, welding instructor at the tech center, gave a brief talk on the welding students and the program at the center. He said the policy of the welding class ...

Paden City Swimming Pool Needs Several Repairs

The Paden City swimming pool has a whole list of items that need remedied before the facility can reopen in the future. During the May 5 City Council meeting, Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser said some of the items that need fixed at the pool include the sanding and repainting of the pool’s bowl; ...

Magnolia Senior Carson Glisan Signs with LIUNA Apprentice Training Center

Magnolia Senior Carson Glisan at the MOVTI (Mid Ohio Valley Technical Institute) in St Marys on Wednesday afternoon May 7, signed to attend LIUNA (Laborers’ International Union of North America) Apprentice Training Center through Local #1149. Glisan was the only student accepted this year. ...

New Martinsville Goes Dark Thanks To Power Outage

Last Wednesday morning the city of New Martinsville lost power when a transformer near the entrance to Wal-Mart failed. The cascading power lost, tripped the substation across from McDonald’s. Initial information was that the power company was unsure how long it would take to restore power ...

New Martinsville Council Wants Safe Sidewalks in City Limits

The New Martinsville City Council met on Monday evening May 5th at the City Municipal Building for their monthly meeting to discuss and approve agenda items. Councilman Joel Potts delivered the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance before Mayor Keith Nelsen called the meeting to ...

Wetzel Board of Education Approves Personnel For 2025-26 School Year

Board President Linda Fonner called the regular meeting of the Wetzel Board of Education to order on Tuesday, April 29, at 6 p.m. All members of the board were present for the meeting. First up in the evening was Mr. McPherson’s review of the 2025-2026 school year calendar. He presented ...

Paden City Council Approves $28K For Paving Portion Of Jefferson Avenue

A section of Jefferson Avenue is set to get repaved following waterline work that occurred a few years ago. Paden City Council on May 5 approved hiring a contractor to repave that section of the road for $28,800. During a past meeting resident Wayne Nething complained about a long and narrow ...

Community Center For Hundred Is Being Mulled

The Wetzel County Commission met on Tuesday morning, May 6, for a regular scheduled monthly session with a large agenda to discuss and approve. Commission President Lisa Heasley opened the meeting by leading in the Pledge of Allegiance and then called meeting to order introducing Chip Goff, ...

Wetzel Tech Center Student Wins Third Place in SparkWV Contest

A Wetzel County Technical Education Center student recently won third place in a statewide competition for his business model. Vincent Sigley, a design and computer aided design student at the center, won third place during the small business division finals of the SparkWV contest held at ...