By Brett Dunlap and Gwen Sour, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Local protesters marched Tuesday around the buildings of the federal Bureau of the Fiscal Service in downtown Parkersburg to protest the actions of the Department of Government Efficiency and its head Elon Musk.
A group of over 150 protesters started at Bicentennial Park with a rally and then marched around the buildings on Avery Street and between Market and Juliana streets that house operations for the bureau.
There had been indications around the community this week that DOGE officials would be in Parkersburg on Tuesday going over operations at those sites. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel could not independently confirm if anyone from DOGE was actually on site.
A representative of the National Treasury Employees Union that represents Fiscal Service employees, who asked to remain anonymous, said he had heard those reports of the visit but confirm or deny the presence of DOGE.
“I do not know who was in the building,” the representative said.
