Season Premiere of Hit Drama to Screen Early at Culture Center
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 6 p.m. Culture Center Theater 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Fans of the record-breaking hit drama “Downton Abbey” can catch the full Season 3 premiere almost a month before it airs in the U.S. A free public preview screening of the critically-acclaimed British drama will play at 6 p.m. this Tuesday, Dec. 11 at […]
WVUH-East City Hospital Foundation Funds Air Ambulance Patient Equipment
West Virginia University Hospitals-East ‘s City Hospital Foundation recently donated $10,000 to HealthNet VIII to purchase a GlideScope for the Martinsburg based air ambulance helicopter. The GlideScope is a device used by flight nurses and paramedics to insert breathing tubes in patients who have suffered severe trauma, or to treat patients who have a difficult […]
WLU Economics Club Welcomes Dr. Charles Kesler of the Claremont Institute
The University Economics Club Lecture Series will welcome Dr. Charles R. Kesler as its next speaker at noon, Thursday, Dec. 13. The presentation will take place at River City, 1400 Main Street, Wheeling, and is open to the public. Dr. Kesler will discuss his book, “I am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of […]
Thundering Word Finishes Third in Ohio State Tournament
Marshall University’s Thundering Word speech and debate team placed third in a field of 28 colleges and universities Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Ohio State Holiday Frolic Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. It was Marshall’s final tournament of the fall season. “This is the best performance the young Thundering Word has had at a regional tournament […]
Bring in 2013 at a West Virginia State Parks Celebration
You, your friends and family can bring in lucky 2013 by attending one of several New Year’s Eve parties planned at West Virginia’s state parks. Park lodges are offering a variety of dinners and dances and packaged options. Lodge parks offering parties include Blackwater Falls, Cacapon Resort, Canaan Valley Resort, Chief Logan Lodge, North Bend, […]
Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium is Bringing Free Department of Homeland Security-certified Course on Emergency Operations Plans for Rural Jurisdictions to Parkersburg, West Virginia
In times of disaster, planning can’t be completed when the waters are rising. This is why the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wants every community to have an emergency operations plan in place before disasters strike. The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) is making it easier for emergency responders in Parkersburg, […]