Month: April 2014

Utility plans $56 million W.Va. power grid update

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Construction on a $56 million transmission improvement project will begin in Fayette County come November, and representatives of Appalachian Power Company hosted a public workshop Tuesday at Midland Trail High School in order to gather community feedback before construction officially gets underway. The project’s final result —[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, April 23

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SUPREME COURT DEALS BLOW TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION By[Read More…]

GOP making gains in West Virginia

A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Rep. Shelley Capito ought to be pleased there hasn’t been much attention paid to her Senate race by national pollsters. They are something like the press, after all. They like good story lines – i.e.,[Read More…]

Grim statistics: Overdose deaths still climbing

An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The latest statistics from the Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities paint an alarming picture for southern West Virginia. The number of drug-related illnesses, and drug-overdose deaths, are still climbing — and at a troubling rate — in the[Read More…]

The Journal’s ‘All Access’ to launch on Wednesday

  MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Wednesday, The Journal will launch All Access as a part of current print subscriptions, and for future subscribers either with a print subscription or a digital-only subscription. Every page, every story and every advertisement will now be available to our subscribers electronically regardless of where they[Read More…]

Logan Bar Association frames a little history

  LOGAN, W.Va. — On Thursday, April 3, 2014, the Logan County Bar Association held its quarterly meeting at the Logan County Courthouse for the purpose of making a special presentation. Joshua Butcher, President of the Logan County Bar Association, presented a framed 20 by 24 in. composite photograph of[Read More…]

Author, actor among WVU graduation speakers

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With graduation less than a month away, the University released the list of commencement speakers who will impart their wisdom onto the next generation of West Virginia University alumni. Each individual school and college’s commencement ceremony will feature its own speaker. Among these speakers are seven WVU[Read More…]

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