Local Pride Events Happening Across the Mid-Ohio Valley
In cities and towns across the USA and the world over, LGBTQIA+ folks and their allies are celebrati...
Really Cheap Geeks Are Brightening Up the Parkersburg, One Wall at a Time
Even before the outer walls were covered in bright, colorful murals, the unmistaka...
Barlow, Ohio has a bridge to nowhere. Just off the intersection of routes 339 and 550 on the fairgrounds, sits a classic, all-American, covered bridge. The kind you’d find on a New England postcard. Long used as a backdrop for engagement photos or s...
With the start of August, we are now in the sixth month since the global pandemic began to directly affect our country and our community. Long gone are the Zoo...
On Wednesday, leadership from Memorial Health System held a virtual community meeting via live streaming video to update the local press and community on how t...
Local makers step up to help during the COVID-19 pandemic
For weeks now, the Mid-Ohio Valley has been quiet. Shops are closed, parks emptied, and restaurants shuttered. But listen closely, and all across the valley, you can hear the steady whirri...
Most folks in the Mid-Ohio Valley would not think of Saint Mary’s, WV as a culinary destination. However, since 2015 the small town just 25 minutes up Route 2...
For those in the know, a quiet stretch of highway between Marietta and Devola has long been home to some of the best dining in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The House ...
Emily Rowley is a freelance writer and MOV native who recently completed her Master's in English and creative writing. She enjoys gardening, coffee table books, British television, walking in the woods, and alternating complaining about and vehemently defending her home state. She lives in Parkersburg with her large dog, three-legged cat, and many houseplants.
