HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Fans of endurance obstacle races will have another opportunity to prove their resolve this summer at the first BattleFrog Obstacle Race event to be held in Berkeley County. Held at the Tomahawk MX Park in Hedgesville, BattleFrog is a series of obstacle races designed by a team[Read More…]
Month: June 2014
Randolph County veterans retire Old Glory
UMW says Obama no friend of coal
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. – The United Mine Workers of America – an organization that strongly supported President Barack Obama’s 2008 bid for president – has come out firing following the EPA’s recent proposal to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, a standard that many believe will devastate the nation’s[Read More…]
Arrogance, inattention have a cost
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — If you’re one of those idealists who continue to believe hard, thoughtful work can overcome money in politics, last week’s primary election in Virginia was good news for you. That’s true regardless of whether you’re a Republican,[Read More…]
Inspecting off-campus housing is important step
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — About 2,200 Marshall University students live in dorms on campus. Some students live at home with their families and commute to school. But thousands of others rent apartments in the neighborhoods surrounding the Marshall campus and around Huntington. Some of those apartments[Read More…]
WVU decreases staff as result of budget cuts
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU has taken steps to address roughly $20 million in budget cuts in the past couple of fiscal years. For the current fiscal year, all vice presidents were asked to reduce their budgets by 10 percent. The plans were reviewed by a university committee to determine the[Read More…]
FBI official discusses agency’s Clarksburg mission
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Though the FBI’s CJIS Division has operated in Clarksburg since 1995, many residents likely don’t know much about what goes on at its campus. But Stephen Morris, the assistant director at CJIS, said he wants the community to know more about the division, about the essential role[Read More…]
Perfect weather makes for perfect Father’s Day
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Many local dads spent their Father’s Day outside with their children enjoying the beautiful, sunny weather. Ernie Woofter of Buffalo Lake was grilling out at Clarksburg City Park with friends and extended family. “I call days like this just a ho hum day in paradise,” he said.[Read More…]
Hotels shrugging off effects of W.Va. water crisis
A column by Phil Kabler, statehouse reporter for The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “The damage that has been done to this community will affect us in a negative way for the rest of my life,” Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, Jan. 17 CNN interview on the impact of the Elk[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, June 16
1. BERGDAHL SWAP DEAL MEANS LITTLE FOR AFGHAN-TALIBAN TALKS Any peace negotiations between Kabul and its fundamentalist foes are on hold till a new president takes over in Afghanistan. 2. HOW IRAQ CHAOS COULD INFLUENCE OBAMA ON AFGHANISTAN The turmoil raises questions about whether the U.S. president’s plans to keep[Read More…]
