GLENVILLE — A “Commemoration Ceremony and Prayer Vigil in Memory of President John F. Kennedy” will take place at 6 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 22, 2013, the 50th anniversary of his assassination. The event will be in Glenville’s new City Square Park in the downtown. Glenville is located 15 miles[Read More…]
Month: November 2013
Wheeling News-Register editorial looks at WVU Presidential search
Finding New WVU Leader Outgoing West Virginia University President James Clements is doing one final, important service for WVU. In several ways his tenure provides a blueprint for what the university’s Board of Governors should look for in a successor. It was revealed Monday that Clements, who[Read More…]
The Herald Dispatch editorial looks at child poverty
Coalition working to reduce child poverty We all love rags-to-riches stories. Oprah Winfrey was the child of an unwed teenage mother and rose from a hard-scrabble Mississippi farm to become one of the richest women in the world. Andrew Carnegie began 12-hour shifts in a Pennsylvania cotton mill at age[Read More…]
The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington reporting on Sogefi plant adding 250 jobs
PRICHARD, W.Va. — The Sogefi Group plant will add 250 jobs in conjunction with a $20 million expansion of its auto parts plant in Prichard, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Tuesday morning. Word of the expansion comes after Tomblin met last month in France with Sogefi Group Chief Executive Officer[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares the 10 things you need to know today, Nov. 12
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know today, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. THOUSANDS SWARM AIRPORT, HOPING TO ESCAPE Relief,[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares the 10 things you need to know today, Nov. 11
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know today, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. RELIEF IS ON THE WAY TO THE[Read More…]
Pocahontas Time’s Geoff Hamill documents fire in downtown Marlinton
MARLINTON — Early Sunday morning, a blaze destroyed three buildings on Main Street in Marlinton. The conflagration consumed the McK, now known as The Old Bank Building, Dirt Bean Ohana and Hudson’s Variety Store buildings. Firefighting units from as far away as Lewisburg responded to the scene. The first alarm sounded[Read More…]
Cunningham Energy drilling horizontal oil wells in Clay County
CHARLESTON — Cunningham Energy LLC has announced plans for three new shallow horizontal oil wells to be drilled in Clay County Cunningham Energy said all three horizontal wells are targeting oil in the Big Injun Sand formation in Union District of Clay County. The wells will be drilled from the “Rhino” pad, according[Read More…]
Free smoke alarms available to West Virginians who are deaf or hard of hearing
CHARLESTON – Most of us know smoke alarms save lives, but have you ever thought about the people who can’t hear a smoke alarm? People who are deaf or hard of hearing often cannot hear a standard home smoke alarm, according to the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services. Now[Read More…]
Senior citizens at risk for gambling problems
CHARLESTON — Can you describe a problem gambler? The person might be older than you would expect. The Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia (PGHNWV) reports that in the past 12 years, the organization has received nearly 1,800 calls from West Virginians who are older than 55 asking for[Read More…]