radioNOVO News for Parkersburg, WV 06-25-26

Good morning.Parkersburg City Council has rejected a resident-led petition appeal in a narrow five-to-four vote, upholding the city clerk’s decision to block a public referendum on the city’s upcoming sanitation contract with Waste Management. Legal advocates argue the over three-thousand signatures gathered are valid and have already filed an appeal in Wood County Circuit Court. Meanwhile, the long-term contract remains on hold ahead of the July first transition date.The sanitation debate drew regional attention as Democratic congressional candidate Ace Parsi visited Parkersburg to protest parallel privatization issues, specifically targeting recent federal job cuts at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.And Wood County State Senator Mike Azinger has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers urging federal passage of the Greyhound Protection Act to ban all commercial dog racing.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.