Month: October 2014
Raleigh County airport lands new airline
BECKLEY, W.Va. — While the new carrier for the Raleigh County Memorial Airport was up in the air, manager Tom Cochran searched for the company he believed would be the perfect fit. Cochran thinks he found it with the Orlando, Fla.-based ViaAir, which will begin passenger service to Charlotte,[Read More…]
Mega-Site advances with land deal near Ghent
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The New River Gorge Regional Development Authority’s proposed Mega-Site moved toward reality Thursday as property owner Jim Justice signed a preliminary agreement for 2,000 acres near Ghent. Mega-Sites are large pieces of developable property, usually level, with ready access to interstate highways, utilities and an airport. Justice[Read More…]
The Register-Herald: Rahall for third
— *** Newspaper Endorsements 2014 ***— BECKLEY, W.Va. — The momentous news out of Raleigh County on Thursday was just what we have been waiting for. A major commitment from a prosperous and growing airline to provide passenger service from Raleigh County to Charlotte, N.C. The announcement by the same[Read More…]
W.Va. Radio Corp. buys Martinsburg radio stations
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Martinsburg radio stations WEPM, WLTF and WICL have been purchased by West Virginia Radio Corp., according to Dale B. Miller, president and chief executive officer of WVRC. “The sale is pending (Federal Communications Commission) approval,” he said in a telephone interview Thursday. “In the meantime, we are[Read More…]
W.Va. Supreme Court suspends Elkins judge
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – – Randolph County Circuit Court Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong has been suspended for the remainder of her term by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. In an opinion delivered by Justice Menis E. Ketchum II, the High Court also censured the judge on each of[Read More…]
Independent spending high on W.Va. legislative races
WHEELING, W.Va. – Coal, gambling and labor interests are among those seeking to influence West Virginia legislative races with more than $1.6 million in independent campaign expenditures this election cycle. Independent expenditures are those made in support of or against a specific candidate for public office, by organizations that[Read More…]
Check safety in gas industry
An editorial from The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Some industries can never be entirely free of risk. Ohio Valley residents, many of whom have worked in coal mines, steel mills and similar jobs, understand that. They realize that in our new economic boom, gas and oil drilling and[Read More…]
Renowned reenactor to end career in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattax Court House in Virginia, essentially ending the American Civil War. On that day and in that spot 150 years later, one of the most revered reenactors to portray the great Confederate leader[Read More…]
Athlete’s story called ‘The Elkview Blind Side’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A fresh pumpkin sat outside the trailer where Shaun Dotson once lived. “My father,” Dotson said as he pointed, “was stabbed right there.” The high school football player hesitated a moment as he surveyed the plot of land. Swirling around that pumpkin were old images — old, grim images.[Read More…]