Celebrating the 4th of July has become an annual tradition in Hundred, WV. This year was no exception other than something bigger was on the table. This wasn’t just your normal bang, boom, bam 4th, this was America’s 250th Birthday party. And Hundred was ready! As is tradition in the ...
The Folsom Fire Department serving communities all along Rt. 20 in Wetzel County, plus highways and byways in between, received $60,000 on Saturday June 7, for the re-pavement of their parking lot. West Virginia Senators Charles Clements and Chris Rose and Delegate Clay Riley presented checks ...
On Wednesday, July 1, the Rotary Club held their weekly meeting at Quinet’s Court Restaurant in downtown New Martinsville. Opening up the meeting was Linda Glover who began her term as President of the club on Wednesday. Linda brought the club up to date on subjects discussed at the last ...
At the recent Relay for Life walk, our Smile Camera caught up with young Colt Luck holding the prize for the annual cakewalk. Colt is five years old and in Kindergarten. His smile is his anticipation that the winner of the cake walk will offer him a slice for holding the prize without sampling ...
Last Thursday morning July 2, 2026, crews from Frontier Communications were on site at the new cross over bridge construction site in New Martinsville.. They were in their third week of moving underground fiber optic cables and two copper lines used for communications. The cables are only ...
On Friday evening June 19, 2026, the 26th Wetzel County Relay for Life event was held. On this evening the former Bruce Pool footprint was where survivors and families gathered to light a candle, and remember those who were taken by Cancer. It was also an evening to remember and thank the ...
At 9:00 am Wednesday June 24, the New Martinsville Council Police Committee of members Ron Brill, Joel Potts and Steve Pallisco convened their committee to discuss items concerning the city’s police department. Also in attendance was Police Chief Tim Cecil, three officers, Mayor Keith Nelsen ...
The New Martinsville Rotary met on June 24, at Quinet’s Court Restaurant in downtown New Martinsville. President Chuck Clegg began by telling members that a business meeting of the executive board will be held on Monday evening June 29th. Clegg said a new President will take over ...
Author and screenwriter Mark Bowden recently visited his brother, Gary Bowden, at his home along Riverside Drive in Sistersville. Bowden is best known for writing the bestselling book Black Hawk Down, which was later adapted into the acclaimed 2001 motion picture of the same name.
The “Alma Mater,” the Nurturing Mother: For Wildcats from 1950 until 2025, the physical edifice of their Alma Mater is Paden City High School. However, an overwhelming argument can be made that even though the constructed building that defines PCHS has been shuttered and converted to a ...
