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Air Evac Lifeteam Closes Base at Wood County Airport

Air Evac Lifeteam has closed its base at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport in Wood County.Multiple media outlets report that the medical helicopter…

Air Evac Lifeteam has closed its base at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport in Wood County.

Multiple media outlets report that the medical helicopter service announced the base’s closure this week. The company says the closure is part of an effort to better utilize its resources in places with less access to such service.

Air Evac president Seth Myers says the community need and demand for patient transfers couldn’t sustain the Wood County base’s operations.

An Air Evac program director, Bradley Troy, says 15 people employed at the base were given an opportunity to transfer to other bases. Troy says only one employee left the company.

Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg will remain a partner with Air Evac.

The area also is served by HealthNet.

Priest to Withdraw from Public School Teaching Job

A Roman Catholic priest says he plans to withdraw from a substitute teaching job in the Wood County public school system.

The Rev. George Nedeff tells the Parkersburg News and Sentinel that he decided to concentrate on his duties as a substitute priest with the Catholic Diocese of Charleston-Wheeling.

Nedeff says his decision isn’t related to school officials’ denial of his request to wear his religious habit in the classroom.

The 75-year-old priest says he wants to spend whatever time he has left serving the church.

Schools Superintendent John Flint says the district’s attorneys recommended that Nedeff’s request be denied. He says the attorneys indicated that allowing Nedeff to wear the vestments in the classroom would violate federal law.

Flint says he’s disappointed to lose Nedeff as a teacher.

Wood County Teacher Seeks Ok to Wear Religious Habit in Class

A Roman Catholic priest who also is a teacher has asked school officials to allow him to wear his religious habit in the classroom.

The Rev. George Nedeff is a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. He recently was hired as a substitute teacher in Wood County, West Virginia.

The 75-year-old Nedeff tells the Parkersburg News and Sentinel that he believes students might benefit by having a priest in their schools.

Schools Superintendent John Flint says school officials respect Nedeff’s request. But a decision hasn’t been made.

West Virginia Department of Education spokeswoman Kristin Anderson says state law doesn’t specifically prohibit or allow the wearing of religious vestments in the classroom. She says federal law provides conflicting guidance.

W.Va. Licensing Agency Orders Two Pain Clinics to Close

  Two pain management clinics have been ordered to close after they failed state inspections.

The West Virginia Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification set a May 15 deadline for Hope Clinic in Raleigh County to close. Punnamma Memorial Rehab Clinic in Wood County must close by May 21.

The agency’s director, Jolynn Marra, tells The Charleston Gazette that both clinics didn’t meet requirements to be licensed.

Three other clinics have been closed since January for failing to comply with a 2012 law aimed at reducing substance abuse. The law codified patient health and safety and gave the Department of Health and Human Resources oversight over pain clinic licensure.

Wood County to Acquire Three Properties for Flood Project

Wood County plans to acquire and demolish three homes in Happy Valley as part of an ongoing flood mitigation project.After the demolitions, no permanent…

Wood County plans to acquire and demolish three homes in Happy Valley as part of an ongoing flood mitigation project.

After the demolitions, no permanent structures can be built on the flood-prone properties.

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports that the County Commission signed off on purchase offers for the properties on Monday. The county is offering a total $587,000.

The acquisitions will be funded with a $710,750 federal grant awarded or the project’s latest phase.

Tim Meeks with the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council says 16 properties have been razed in the last eight years. The council administers the project for the county.

Vienna to Annex former Johns Manville Plant Site

Vienna officials plan to clean up a former Johns Manville plant site and redevelop it.

The Wood County Commission approved the city’s petition to annex the property this week.

Vienna Mayor Randy Rapp says the city has applied for grants totaling about $400,000 to clean up the property.

Rapp says the city plans to convert part of the property to green space for public use, including walking and biking trails. City officials hope to attract new development to the industrial section.

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