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Residents kicked off their holiday season with the annual "Trees of Our Heritage" exhibit Sunday at the Blennerhassett Museum.

Regardless of how lively an election season might be, a new study shows that more 3.3 million voters on current registration rolls across the country are dead.

West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd reappeared on the Senate floor Tuesday with some of his old bluster back after a season of frailty, this time to manage a $44.1 billion homeland security spending bill.

PARKERSBURG Three people charged in a fatal shooting in Mineral Wells on Sept. 20 waived preliminary hearings Wednesday in Wood County Magistrate Court.

Two more people were charged Friday with burglary in a weekend shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead.

One local ovarian cancer survivor is on a mission: To spread the word and raise awareness of this deadly disease.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that 13 states are the recipients of $70.9 million in grants.

Life really has been a headache for 55-year-old Teri Robert. The Washington, W. Va., writer and health advocate has had headaches since she was six! But Robert has suffered a particular kind of headache - one that has its own personality, may not respond to over-the-counter painkillers, and impacts greatly on work and play.

On a scale of zero to 100, it can't get worse than the big goose egg. That's the embarrassing rating Illinois received in a report released on Wednesday that concludes the state is worst in the nation when it comes to information available online about how federal stimulus money is being spent.

A Wood County man recently broke the national record for precision shooting in his sport, known as bench rest rifle shooting.

Plastic recycler Intercontinental Export Import Inc. is getting into the business of making products from recycled resin with a big splash.

The chairman and chief executive officer of the company that plans to buy Verizon's West Virginia wire line business will be the keynote speaker at the Fund for Concord University dinner Nov.

On a cold January day earlier this year, Russ Anderson lay dead on the ground just yards from his home - until the quick actions, knowledge and skills of his neighbors and emergency workers brought him back to life against long odds.

With the switch to Digital TV coming on June 12, here's how to ditch your old TVs.

A man accused of killing his mother by setting fire to her home in December was indicted on murder and first-degree arson charges Thursday by Wood County grand jury.

Today Verizon Wireless announced that it is going to sell off its rural wired phone service businesses in 14 different states in an effort to help the company focus on wireless and broadband services.