By Sandra Oshiro The Poynter Institute ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Journalism executives and other participants at Poynter’s Future of News Audiences conference heard Sunday night what some would have preferred not to hear: younger generations simply aren’t growing into dedicated consumers of news the way their parents and grandparents did.[Read More…]
Month: January 2014
Workers hurt by W.Va. water crisis can seek relief
By Lydia Nuzum Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just two weeks after the United Way of Central West Virginia launched a fund to aid workers impacted by the recent water crisis, the West Virginia Emergency Fund has amassed more than $70,000 and will become available for applications Monday. According to[Read More…]
Politics paint Harrison school board in bad light
An editorial from the Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Most times, we see members of the Harrison County Board of Education as people who profess to be dedicated to the interests of our children. Often, though, we are reminded that these individuals ran for the seats they hold, and they[Read More…]
Football is salvation for Marshall’s Rakeem Cato
By Gary Fauber Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — To say Rakeem Cato had a tough life growing up would be putting it mildly. He lost his mother when he was 12. He has yet to meet his father, and says he only recently considered starting lines of communication. He spent much[Read More…]
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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Jan. 27
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SYRIA PEACE CONFERENCE STARTS NEW CHAPTER The talks[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Message from Jeff Kessler, president of the West Virginia Senate
As the 2014 legislative session enters its third full week, I am pleased to report that Senate Bill 373 unanimously passed both the Natural Resources and Judiciary Committees and will be on second reading in the Senate on Monday, Jan. 27.This bill, which I touched on last week, will mandate[Read More…]
Freedom Industries ordered to dismantle, remove tanks
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today, Jan. 25, ordered Freedom Industries to begin, by March 15, 2014, the process of dismantling, removing and properly disposing of all of its above ground storage tanks, as well as associated piping and machinery, at its Etowah River Terminal in Charleston. Gov.[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Tom Miller Legislative Column for Jan. 26 posted
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, on Jan. 21, announced his proposed legislation to give state government more clout in inspecting facilities like the one responsible for the recent chemical leak that left some 300,000 people in Kanawha County and the surrounding region without safe drinking water. The legislation, titled the “West Virginia Source[Read More…]
A little history, a lot of concern about water safety
An editorial from the Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — “Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink” recently became the unofficial slogan for some 300,000 residents served by West Virignia American Water in the Greater Charleston metropolitan area and the adjacent counties that surround it. Charleston not only serves[Read More…]
