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PARKERSBURG – A circuit judge again has certified a case involving a 2017 Parkersburg warehouse fire as a class action. An attorney for the defendant, however, says the issue again will be appealed to the state Supreme Court  On June 17, Judge Thomas Bedell issued an order granting class certification in the case Paul Snider, a Parkersburg man, filed against Surniak Holdings of WV LLC in Wood Circuit Court. Bedell, a circuit judge from Harrison County, is hearing the case because the state S...

bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com Wood County Fire Board Chairman Tim Robinson and Board Member Bill Summers appeared before the Wood County Commission on Monday for an annual update on what the board is doing and the challenges it is facing. They are seeing more people not paying the fire fee. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) PARKERSBURG — County officials are looking at ways to get people to pay their delinquent fire fee bills. Wood County Fire Board Chairman Tim Robinson and Board Member Bill Summers app...

bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — The owners of companies involved in the 2017 IEI Plastics fire are at the top of a list of companies that have not kept up with payments of the Wood County Fire Fee. On Thursday, the Wood County Commission released a list of the Top 10 Highest Unpaid Fire Fees from 2016 to 2020. The county passed the fee to help local volunteer fire departments with funding for new equipment, pay bills and other related expenses. In the top two spots were Surnaik Hold...