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Former Parkersburg Mayor Jimmy Colombo says he’ll seek his old job following the retirement of Robert Newell.
Colombo tells the Parkersburg News and Sentinel that he plans to apply to become interim mayor because he loves the city.
A Wood County Democratic committee must nominate three potential replacements to Parkersburg’s City Council, which would select a candidate.
Colombo says he’s not assuming that he would be selected.
Colombo served as Parkersburg mayor from 1998 to 2005. The Democrat decided against seeking a third term.
The next election for mayor is in 2016. City attorney Joe Santer has been appointed acting mayor.
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With the midterm elections approaching, Us & Them is taking the Dinner Party on the road to a trio of communities across West Virginia. In the first of our three gatherings this fall, host Trey Kay is back in Charleston bringing together conservative and liberal West Virginians to share a potluck meal, talk politics and see whether conversation across the divide can uncover some common ground.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe votes are in – more than 3,200 of them – and the winner of the inaugural Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition will be announced next week. It’s down to the final five. Assistant News Director Maria Young caught up with Bill Bissett, president of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association, which is hosting the contest, to find out more about the finalists.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAt the core of the case is who in government has final authority over policy and rulemaking for the state's public schools: the Board of Education or the Legislature.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe state argued that the judiciary cannot and should not intervene in what they see as regular legislative proceedings when removing one of their own members.
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